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Consensus was quantified using the expert positivity coefficient, authority coefficient (\n                      <jats:italic>Cr<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) and Kendall\u2019s coefficient of concordance (\n                      <jats:italic>W<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), with refinements guided by the principles of clinical safety, cognitive adaptation and ethical boundaries.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Both consultation rounds achieved a 100% response rate, yielding a high expert authority coefficient (\n                      <jats:italic>Cr<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.90). The consensus trajectory showed improvement, with Kendall\u2019s\n                      <jats:italic>W<\/jats:italic>\n                      increasing from 0.211 to 0.251 (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001) and all final-round coefficients of variation (\n                      <jats:italic>CV<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) falling below the 0.25 threshold. Key qualitative modifications included the exclusion of competitive tasks to mitigate acute rejection sensitivity and the reframing of the Miracle Question into the Small Change Hypothesis to accommodate the diminished cognitive processing speed characteristic of depressive states. The final protocol comprises eight functional units structured to foster interpersonal resilience.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The developed SFGT program demonstrates preliminary content validity and theoretical plausibility. The protocol is hypothesized to activate therapeutic factors such as universality and corrective emotional experiences, which may contribute to reducing learned helplessness and mitigating social stigma among adolescents in the Chinese cultural context. However, empirical validation of these hypothesized mechanisms\u2014including clinical efficacy, dose\u2013response relationships, and long-term interpersonal outcomes\u2014requires rigorous testing through multi-center randomized controlled trials and implementation studies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1834496","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]],"date-time":"2026-07-22T04:48:36Z","timestamp":1784695716000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Development and validation of a Solution-Focused Group Therapy program for interpersonal relationships in adolescents with anxiety and depression: a Delphi-based consensus study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Yanan","family":"Gu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Eighth People\u2019s Hospital of Zhengzhou","place":["Zhengzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Eighth People\u2019s Hospital of Zhengzhou","place":["Zhengzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sinuo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Education, Monash University","place":["Clayton, VIC, Australia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xueyun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Eighth People\u2019s Hospital of Zhengzhou","place":["Zhengzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Zhuang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Eighth People\u2019s Hospital of Zhengzhou","place":["Zhengzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hengqian","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Eighth People\u2019s Hospital of Zhengzhou","place":["Zhengzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Junjing","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Eighth People\u2019s Hospital of Zhengzhou","place":["Zhengzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fan","family":"Hai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Eighth People\u2019s Hospital of Zhengzhou","place":["Zhengzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lixia","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Eighth People\u2019s Hospital of Zhengzhou","place":["Zhengzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"44","DOI":"10.1016\/j.zefq.2012.11.013","article-title":"Competence training in evidence-based medicine for patients, patient counsellors, consumer representatives and health care professionals in Austria: A feasibility study.","volume":"107","author":"Berger","year":"2013","journal-title":"Z. 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