This quasi-experimental study examined the effects of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (CBGT) in alleviating anxiety and enhancing emotion regulation in community-sample Thai middle school students. Forty-seven community-sample students in Grades 7–9 with elevated SCARED scores participated in this pre-post treatment–control study. Twenty-three in the treatment group attended the eight-session 2-hour semi-weekly CBGT. The remaining were the control group. Before and after the intervention, the participants completed the measures of anxiety and emotion regulation. Data obtained were subsequently analyzed using repeated-measures and between-groups MANOVAs. At post-intervention, the treatment group reported a significant decrease in anxiety but a significant increase in emotion regulation. Furthermore, when compared with the control group, their anxiety score was significantly lower but their emotion regulation score was significantly higher, respectively. Findings supported the benefits of CBGT in reducing anxiety in Thai middle school students and in enhancing their emotion regulation skills. Therapeutic implications for anxiety reduction were discussed.

这项准实验研究考察了认知行为团体治疗 (CBGT) 在减轻社区样本泰国中学生的焦虑和增强情绪调节方面的作用。47 名 7-9 年级 SCARED 分数较高的社区样本学生参加了这项治疗前后对照研究。治疗组中的 23 人参加了为期八节、每半周一次、每次 2 小时的 CBGT。其余为对照组。干预前后，参与者完成了焦虑和情绪调节措施。获得的数据随后使用重复测量和组间多元方差分析进行分析。在干预后，治疗组报告焦虑显着减少，但情绪调节显着增加。此外，与对照组相比，他们的焦虑得分明显较低，但情绪调节得分明显较高。研究结果支持 CBGT 在减少泰国中学生的焦虑和提高他们的情绪调节技能方面的好处。讨论了减少焦虑的治疗意义。