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Reducing Prejudice and Enhancing Critical Consciousness Through Intragroup Dialogue-Based Multicultural Social Justice Group Counseling (102851)
Session Chair: Natasha Murray-Everett
Sunday, 4 January 2026 09:30
Session: Session 1 (Parallel)
Room: Hawaii Convention Center: Room 303B
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Discussions on group counseling approaches that actively promote social justice remain limited, highlighting the need to examine how multicultural social justice frameworks can be effectively integrated into group processes and outcomes. This study aimed to develop and evaluate an Intragroup Dialogue-based multicultural social justice group counseling program. The program was implemented over six weeks for graduate students (N = 14) majoring in counseling and employed a pretest–posttest control group design. Participants were assessed on prejudice, critical consciousness, empathy, and openness to diversity, and therapeutic factors emerging during the sessions were also examined. The findings showed that direct engagement with sensitive topics such as privilege, oppression, and prejudice significantly reduced participants’ biases and enhanced their critical consciousness. However, no immediate changes were observed in empathy or openness to diversity, suggesting the need for further research on the long-term emotional and attitudinal shifts. Despite the limitations of a small, single-institution sample, this study demonstrates that IGD-based multicultural social justice group counseling provides a unique environment in which privilege and oppression can be safely discussed, helping participants recognize unconscious biases and structural inequalities. This study provides concrete strategies for Intragroup Dialogue-based multicultural social justice group counseling in the Korean context and discusses practical implications for counselor education and application in diverse settings.
Authors:
Sunwoo Shin, Pusan National University, South Korea
Jisun Jeong, Pusan National University, South Korea
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