An Analysis of Research Trend of Psychological Support Programs for School Vioence Victims

Objectives The purpose of this study was to analyze the flow and trend of research on psychological support programs for school violence victims in Korea. To this end, the related literature on the psychological support program examined the basic information, research subjects, research methods, and research contents of 29 papers published in academic journals in Korea and journals from 2010 to 2023. Methods Using databases of RISS, DBpia, and NANET, data were collected under the keywords ‘school violence, bullying, psychology, emotion, program, research Trend’. The basic information, research subjects, research methods, research content, intervention program, and research results were analyzed for the 29 research materials that were finally selected, including 24 master’s and doctoral theses and 5 academic journal articles. Results As a result, the total data began to be published in 2010, and until December 2023, there were a total of 29 academic papers, 5 academic journal papers, and 24 degree papers. 14 articles(48.3%) from 2010 to 2014, 12 articles(41.4%) from 2015 to 2019, and 3 articles(10.3%) from 2020 to 2023 showed the largest number of papers from 2010 to 2014. As for the study participants, 13 articles(44.8%) were aged 14 to 16 years old. Research design was conducted the most with 17 pieces (58.6%) of research design that compared and analyzed the pre and post data of the experimental and control groups, and the most used intervention technique was art therapy(24.1%). Conclusions Based on these results, psychological support programs for school violence victims were found to have a positive effect, and the criteria for analysis of research results need to be designed more clearly to improve psychological support programs to recover from damage to school violence victims in the future.