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KMID : 1037320190120010037
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Korean Journal of Infant Mental Health
2019 Volume.12 No. 1 p.37 ~ p.56
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The Effect of Anger Control Program Using Group Game Play Therapy on Children’s Anger Expression and Self-Esteem
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Kang Min-Hye
Lee Jung-Sook
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of group game play therapy program on children’s anger expression and self-esteem. The subjects were 4th and 5th grade students in elementary schools in Hwasung, Korea and the program was conducted via 10 sessions twice a week for 5 weeks. 24 students were selected for the experimental group and 20 students were selected for the controlled group. Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches were utilized for the main activities of this program, such as I-message, switching irrational beliefs, and etc. To Verify the effects of the program, an anger expression scale and a self-esteem scale were performed. The results are as follows. Relevant differences were presented in The Anger expressions of the experimental group between pre-test and post-test. No significant increase was shown in the realm of self-esteem of the experimental group, except from self-esteem related to friends, however, the
entire score of it was statistically increased. Conclusively, this research has significance that it has proven the effects of anger control program using the group game play therapy and organized a group program as a therapeutic mediation for the field of education.
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KEYWORD
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group game play therapy program, anger-expression, self-esteem, elementary school students
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