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KMID : 1148220120080010021
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2012 Volume.8 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.39
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A Study on the Effects of Group Art Therapy on Decrease in Parenting Stress and Increase of Self-esteem of the Parents with Challenged Children
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Ahn Jeong-Seon
Oh Seung-Jin
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Abstract
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The aim of this research is to observe if a collective art therapy was effective in reducing stress and improving self-esteem for the parents of disabled children whose social attention is rarely paid. K public health center in Kgu of K Metropolitan City selected the subjects, parents with challenged children who saw the application notice and voluntarily agreed to participate in the program. The group art therapy has been performed on 8 subjects of the research group once a week, 90 minutes each, a total of 13 times. ‘Scale of parenting stress’ and ‘Scale of self-esteem’ have been used to evaluate the effect of group art therapy. The score difference between pretest and posttest has been analyzed. The research results are as follows. First, group art therapy has an effect on decreasing parenting stress of parents with challenged children. Second, group art therapy has an influence on improving self-esteem of parents with disabled children. Further research should be done to explore complex relationships such as sibling relationships and on the expansion of Arts therapy area such as music and play.
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KEYWORD
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Challenged children, Challenged parents, Parenting stress, Self-esteem, Group art therapy
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