12 THE INTERVENTION OF COUNSELORS IN ENHANCING SELF EFFICACY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

Abstract Background In recent years, counselors have played an increasingly important role in intervening in the mental health of college students. Related studies have shown that among college students facing mental health problems, counselor intervention can improve their psychological state, emotional regulation, and self-awareness level to a certain extent. However, current research on counselor intervention for college students with schizophrenia is relatively scarce. Therefore, the study explored the effect of counselor intervention on enhancing self-efficacy in college students with schizophrenia, in order to provide new ideas for the social adaptation and rehabilitation treatment of schizophrenia patients. Methods 80 college students diagnosed with schizophrenia admitted to a certain hospital were randomly divided into a control group and an experimental group, with 40 students in each group. Both groups of subjects received conventional medication treatment, and the experimental group received regular intervention from counselors on this basis. The intervention includes personal emotional management, self-awareness improvement, learning goal setting, problem-solving strategies, and social skills training. The experimental duration is one semester, and the intervention period is once a week, with each session lasting 40 minutes. The counselors involved in the intervention received specialized training before the experiment. Before and after the experiment, two groups of patients were evaluated using the General Self Efficacy Scale (GSES) and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Results The GSES and PANSS scores of the subjects before and after intervention are shown in Table 1. According to Table 1, both the experimental group and the control group showed significant improvement in GSES and PANSS scores before and after intervention. After intervention, the GSES score of the experimental group increased from 45.32 ± 6.14 points to 59.68 ± 5.64 points, and the PANSS score increased from 80.36 ± 9.25 points to 52.36 ± 7.25 points, both of which showed statistical differences (P<0.05). At the same time, it can be seen that the improvement in GSES and PANSS scores in the experimental group was higher than that in the control group, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). Discussion The experimental results indicate that regular intervention by counselors has a significant effect on improving the self-efficacy and mental symptoms of college students with schizophrenia, manifested in the enhancement of self-efficacy and the alleviation of mental symptoms. The intervention of counselors can effectively enhance the self-efficacy of patients with schizophrenia, alleviate their mental symptoms, and improve the abilities of college students with schizophrenia in emotional management, social skills, problem-solving, and other aspects. Further research can explore the moderating effect of counselor intervention on other psychological disorders among college students. Funding No. 2024011001.