Research Trends of Group Counseling Program for University Students: Focused on Academic Journal from 2010-2022

The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze research topics according to research trends in college student group counseling programs by dividing the time when COVID-19 spread in Korea (2010-2019 and 2020-2022). As for the trend of this study, a total of 90 papers from domestic academic journals were selected under the keywords 'university student' and 'group counseling' in RISS. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that the career path of college students before the outbreak of COVID-19 and emotions (depression, anxiety, etc.) after the outbreak of COVID-19 were the central topics of the group counseling program. This study suggested the need to develop various programs that can enhance the positive emotions of college students in the future group counseling program development.