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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBT) on employment stress, dysfunctional attitude, and depression of college students. Three hundred ninety six four-year-course college students completed the Job-seeking Stress Scale and Dysfunctional Attitude Scale-Korean Version(DAS-K). Sixteen patients were selected for those scales using the Beck Depression Inventory-Korean version(K-BDI) and randomly assigned to a CBT group and a waiting list control group (eight each). The CBT program was administered for eight sessions. All participants completed the Job-seeking Stress Scale, Dysfunctional Attitude Scale-Korean Version (DAS-K), and Beck Depression Inventory-Korean version (K-BDI) at pre-test, post-test, and at 4 weeks follow-up periods. The results of this study were as follows: Job-seeking stress, dysfunctional attitude, and depression of the therapy group decreased more than those of the control group at pre-post, pre-follow up test. Last, the implications and limitations of this study, and suggestions for future study were also discussed.
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