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KMID : 1148220070030010207
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2007 Volume.3 No. 1 p.207 ~ p.230
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The Effects of the Group Art Therapy Program
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Park Young-Ae
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of group art therapy on the mental health of demented elderly. The design of the study was pretest-posttest research design. The subjects were 30 dementia sufferers who were hospitalized at a T dementia center located in Daegu. Subjects were divided into 2 groups: 14 control group and 16 experimental group.
A program comprised of 24 sessions group art therapy was administered to both groups for 3 months, beginning of January, 2002. The evaluating tools for the present study was SCL-90-R (Symptom Checklist-90-Revision) test. Chi-square test and Independent Samples t-test were employed for statistical analyses. The study explored the following research questions. 1. What aspects of qualitative change will brought up by group art therapy for the mental health of demented elderly? 2. What effects does the group art therapy program have on total mental health of demented elderly? 3. What does the effects of the group art therapy program on subordinate factors of mental health of demented elderly? The major findings of the present study can be summarized as follows; 1. With respect to qualitative aspects, the demented elderly pleasantly participated in the art actives with revealing their experiences more freely, improved their interpersonal relationships, and more laughed, talked. Especially mental health of levels of somatization, anxiety, depression and psychoticism were decreased by art therapy activities 2. Group art therapy resulted in the increment of mental health of demented elderly. The score of SCL-90-R was significantly decreased through the group art therapy at 0.05 level. 3. After group art therapy, the effects on subordinate factors in mental health of mental health of demented elderly were decrease scores of somatization, anxiety, depression and psychoticism. However, there was no significant difference in obsessive-compulsive reaction, interpersonal sensitivity, hostility, phobia and paranoia. In short, the group art therapy program employed in this study seemed to be profitable effects on the mental health of old men with dementia.
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KEYWORD
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Group Art Therapy, Demented Elderly, Mental Health
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