Development and Evaluation of a Motivational Interviewing and Social Skills Training Based Group Counseling Program to Enhance Interpersonal Competence in First-year University Students

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A group counseling program improves interpersonal competence in students, suggesting benefits for social skills training.

The experimental group showed significantly greater improvement in interpersonal competence than the control group, indicating the program's effectiveness.
ANCOVA results highlighted that the program led to notable enhancements in interpersonal competence over time within the experimental group.
This study utilized a structured group counseling program based on motivational interviewing and social skills training to evaluate its impact.
The findings suggest potential long-term benefits for students' interpersonal competence, though no significant change in college adjustment was observed.

Baek et al. (2025) studied this question.

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