43-3 Analysis a Maltreated Child's Personality of Resilience and Her Self-Awareness of Effects of Counseling

The purpose of this study was to use a qualitative methodology to investigate a maltreated child's personality of resilience and her self-awareness of effects of counseling. Twenty-five-month counseling diaries and transcripts of two in-depth interviews after counseling termination were analyzed in this study. The results were as following: First, her positive personalities of openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness were major factors to help her recover from abused traumas. Second, she was aware that friendly counseling relationship helped her rebuild her self-worth. Third, she was aware that proper interventions helped her understand her situations and to contemplate her future. And fourth, she was aware that counseling was helpful to her cognition, emotion, and behavior. According to the findings, further suggestions were provided for teachers, counselors, social workers, and maltreated children.

Keywords
counseling diary ; effect of counseling ; interventional strategy ; maltreated child ; personality

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