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KMID : 1148220110070040057
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2011 Volume.7 No. 4 p.57 ~ p.73
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An Effect of Dance and Movement Therapy(DMT) on Psychosocial Adjustment of Multi-cultural Children
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Kim In-Sook
Lee Kyung-Hee
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Abstract
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This study aims to analyse the effect of Dance/Movement Therapy(DMT) on internalization and adjustment to school life of multi-cultural children. For the study, 24 children from multi-cultural families and 18 ones from non-multi-cultural families who are attending to general classes were randomly selected and categorized into test group and control group. They participated in DMT twice a week and a total of 24 sessions for 12 weeks. For the internalization, the study used Korean Youth Self Report(K-YSR) and for adjustment to school life, an adaptation sheet was used. For a data analysis, SPSS 14.0 was used and independent samples t-test and paired -samples t-test were carried. As a result, the following results were obtained: First, There was a significant difference in shrinking, depression and anxiety between the two groups (p<.05) Second, The difference was significantly decreased through the therapy. (p<.05). Third, There was a significant difference in studying and friendship between the two groups (p<.05). Fourth, The studying and friendship were significantly improved through the therapy(p<.05). In conclusion, as multi-cultural children were negatively exposed to problems such as internalization and school adjustment and it was discovered that DMT brought positive changes to internalization and school adjustment through this study, it is suggested that DMT can be effectively used as an education program for multi-cultural children.
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KEYWORD
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Multi-cultural children, Dance/movement therapy, Internationalization, Adjustment to school life
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