Objective: To study the intervention effect of group psychological counseling on self-efficacy of
freshmen in Primary College. Methods: 26 freshmen were recruited from a private university in Wuhan
and randomly divided into experimental group and control group. The control group received self-efficacy
intervention in the form of group psychological counseling. The intervention lasted for 8 weeks, once a
week, 100 minutes each time. The self-efficacy scores of the subjects were measured repeatedly before
and after the activity, and the subjective assessment questionnaire of group counseling was collected.
Results: Before intervention, there was no significant difference in the scores of self-efficacy between the
experimental group and the control group. After the intervention, the post-test and follow-up tests in
the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the pretest, while there was no significant
change in the control group. Conclusion: Group psychological counseling can effectively improve the level
of self-efficacy of freshmen in private colleges.