The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the children and adolescents interpersonal relationship group guidance. The samples were limited to the quasi-experiment designs in Taiwan from 1991 July to 2010 July. Meta-analysis and Hierarchical Linear Modeling were employed to analyze the instant effect and the maintenance effect, and to search for the possible moderating variables, based on the findings of 41 master/doctoral theses in National Central Library and Taiwan Digital Meta-Library. The results were as follows: 1. With respect to the effect size, the instant effect (0.64, p<.001) and the maintenance effect (0.60, p<.005) were above the medium. 2. The moderating variables of the instant and maintenance effectiveness on the children and adolescents interpersonal relationship group guidance comprehend: the group numbers, times, hours and duration; however, the leader's experience, the research years, the educational stages and the group characteristics were not found to have impact either on instant effect or on maintenance effect. The study would discuss the discovery from above, and suggestions for the future researches.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the children and adolescents interpersonal relationship group guidance. The samples were limited to the quasi-experiment designs in Taiwan from 1991 July to 2010 July. Meta-analysis and Hierarchical Linear Modeling were employed to analyze the instant effect and the maintenance effect, and to search for the possible moderating variables, based on the findings of 41 master/doctoral theses in National Central Library and Taiwan Digital Meta-Library. The results were as follows: 1. With respect to the effect size, the instant effect (0.64, p<.001) and the maintenance effect (0.60, p<.005) were above the medium. 2. The moderating variables of the instant and maintenance effectiveness on the children and adolescents interpersonal relationship group guidance comprehend: the group numbers, times, hours and duration; however, the leader's experience, the research years, the educational stages and the group characteristics were not found to have impact either on instant effect or on maintenance effect. The study would discuss the discovery from above, and suggestions for the future researches.