This paper examines the overall effect of the online video group coaching for university students during the pandemic of COVID-19. 39 students in a university located in Beijing in 4 online groups (6 sessions of the online group coaching) are selected for 6 weeks from March to May 2020. The evaluation instruments include an psychological status questionnaire and a questionnaire of individual group effect assessment. The comparison of the scores based on the psychological status questionnaire before and after the 6-week group coaching shows a significant increase in the satisfaction of the group members with respect to the learning status and the special ability after the coaching, highly associated with the degree of the help provided by the online video group coaching and the appropriateness of evaluating the work of the group's mentors, the degree of the progress that the group members wished to make, and the degree of the support that the group members feel. The results are statistically significant. The online video group coaching during the pandemic of COVID-19 is effective, associated to the group development, the work of group instructors and the level of group members.

online group counseling  /  COVID-19  /  group process-effects research