ผลของกลุ่มการปรึกษาเชิงจิตวิทยาเพื่อยืนยันความเป็นตัวตนของชายรักชายต่อความรู้สึกด้อยค่าจากการรักเพศเดียวกันของชายรักชาย / รัตนกร รัตนชีวร = The effect of the gay affirmative counseling group on internalized homophobia of homosexual men / Rattanakorn Ratanashevorn
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of gay-affirmative counseling group on Internalized Homophobia (IH) of Thai gay men. The pretest-posttest control group experimental design was employed. Participants were 32 Thai gay men (mean age = 26.84, SD = 4.96). They were recruited from a specific gay web board and community-based organization and randomly assigned into 2 experimental groups and 2 control groups of 8 people. The duration of group participation was about 12 hours in total. Instruments were the gay-affirmative counseling group and the IH questionnaire. Findings revealed:1. IH scores of the gay men in the experimental group were significantly lower (p < .01) at posttest when compared to those at the pretest.2. IH scores of the gay men in the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group (p < .05) after the group counseling participation.