본 연구는 자기성장 집단상담에서 수료자집단과 미수료자집단이 지각한 집단응집력, 상담회기평가, 상담자평가를 집단상담의 진행단계에 따라 비교?분석하여 중도탈락의 원인을 탐색하고자 하였다. 연구 대상자는 K대학교 학생생활연구소에서 실시되고 있는 12개의 자기성장 집단상담 활동 (총 10회기)에 참여한 107명이었다(남자 41명, 여자 66명; 수료자 56명, 미수료자 51명). 집단응집력과 상담자평가는 집단상담의 초기와 중기, 후기의 진행단계로 살펴보았으며, 상담회기평가는 1회기에서 10회기까지 각 회기별로 검토하였다. 자료분석 결과, 집단응집력은 초기와 중기, 후기 모두에 두 집단간 유의미한 차이가 있었다. 상담회기평가에서는 1회기에서만 두 집단간에 차이를 보였으며, 상담자평가에서는 유의미한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 연구결과에 근거해서 볼 때, 상담회기평가와 상담자평가는 집단상담의 미수료자 집단에 대체적으로 영향을 미치지 않은 반면, 집단응집력은 상당한 영향을 주고 있다고 할 수 있다.

This study was to examine the differences between the group participants who had participated in more than 7 sessions of self-growth group out of 10 sessions (the finished group) and the those who had participated in less than 7 sessions (the unfinished group) in their perceptions of group cohesiveness, leader evaluation, and session evaluation. A total of 107 undergraduate students participated in the study. Among them, fifty five participants were in the finished group, and 51 in the unfinished group. The results of the study showed that 56 participants successfully completed the group and 51 participants did not. And 44 participants out of 51 were classified as the drop-outs (41.1% of the total participants). It was also found that there was a significant difference in group cohesiveness throughout the initial, middle, and later group processes while no significant difference in leader evaluation was found. With respect to session evaluation there was no significant difference throughout the sessions except the first one. The results implied that the drop-out is mostly occurring during the early group processes, particularly during the first two sessions, which appear to be related with participants` session evaluation and perceptions of group cohesiveness. A discussion on the importance of the group leader`s intervention for increasing the group cohesiveness and session evaluation in the early stage was made.