中華心理衛生協會

Purpose: This study develops a neuropsychotherapy training program based on executive training to be used in group context with the goal of evaluating the effect of training programs on symptoms relief and self-regulation ability enhancement in adolescent girls with somatic symptoms. Methods: Participants were recruited from a girls' senior high school. There were 134 students had physical complaints higher than sample means and their subjective health ratings were poor on the Computerized Adjustment Check List. After obtaining informed consent from 47 of them, they were randomly allocated to either experimental group (n =17) or a control arm (n =30). Both experimental and control groups completed the pre- and post-test questionnaires. The data were collected using the Computerized Adjustment Check List, the Executive Function Scale, the Body Awareness Ability Inventory, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale. A two-way ANOVA and paired t-test was used. Results: Both groups demonstrated a significant decrease in somatization symptoms on the pre-post comparison. Health self-report improvement was significantly greater in the experimental group than in the control group. The experimental group significantly improved their performance on body awareness, executive function and self-efficacy compared with those in the control group. The effect size on each index of experimental group was medium to large (.06 ≤ η^2 ≤ .27). Conclusions: Participants can benefit from a neuropsychotherapy training program that helps release physical symptoms and improve subjective feelings of health and self-regulation ability. We plan to explore the stability of this therapeutic effect and the application for other kinds of participants in a future study.