Thematic Literature Review on Group Coaching Programs

The purpose of this study is to examine research trends in group coaching programs through a scoping review and to suggest desirable future research directions. To this end, 17 final papers were selected by December 2023 and the results were derived using the six-step process outlined in the scoping review methodology from domestic academic papers. All 17 selected papers employed group coaching as the major program and measured its effectiveness. 15 papers conducted quasi-experimental studies with non-equivalent control groups, while two papers employed a single-group pre- and post-survey design. The study participants included middle school students, adolescents, and university students in 9 papers (47%), general adults in 2 papers (11%), and career-interrupted women in 2 papers (11%). In addition, the remaining 4 papers (5.8% each) focused on nurses, social workers, middle managers, breast cancer patients, and office workers. The most frequently measured dependent variables were self-efficacy (5 papers) and resilience (2 papers). Based on these study findings, it was recommended various qualitative and quantitative studies are conducted on group coaching programs. Additionally, the study proposed future research directions for the development of group coaching program studies.