A systematic review of domestic group counseling to social anxiety effect among college students in China

Objective To systematically evaluate the effect of domestic group counseling to social anxiety among college students.Methods All the papers were electronically searched from CNKI,VIP,WanFang Data,CBM,focusing on controlled trail group counseling to the social anxiety among college students from the establishment dates to December 2016.According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria,two reviewers independently screened literature,extracted data,and assessed the methodological quality of included studies.Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3 software.Results A total of 8 documents involving 372 participants were included.Among the 372 subjects investigated,176 cases were experimental group and 196 controlled group.Mem-analysis showed that scores of the interaction anxiety scale(IAS),social avoidance and distress scale(SAD),self-esteem scale (SES),communication apprehension,since brief psychopathological (PRCA),shyness scale merge MD (95% CI) values were -4.72(-7.08--2.35),-5.86(-6.89--4.83),4.23(2.81-5.64),-5.78(-8.96--2.60),-4.83(-10.18-0.52),respectively.Conclusion Current evidence indicates that group counseling to social anxiety treatment has a good effect among college students,effectively reducing the level of social anxiety and social withdrawal behavior,as well as promoting self-esteem and social skills.