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KMID : 1148220140100020123
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2014 Volume.10 No. 2 p.123 ~ p.149
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Effect of Group Art Therapy Applied ‘Thumb Message’ Communication Program on Nursery Teachers’ Gratitude Tendency and Self-esteem
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Park Dong-Sun
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Abstract
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The study’s objective is to find out the art activities applied ‘Thumb message’ communication skill’s effect on nursery teachers’ gratitude tendency and self-esteem. The object group consisted of 24 volunteered participants from a kindergarten located in W city in Gangwon-do, The volunteers were randomly divided into the experiment group and the control group, 12 participants each. The art activities lasted from March 3rd to April 30th 2013. Each session lasted 180 minutes, and a total of eight sessions were conducted. Researching tools were gratitude tendency and self-esteem inspection. To compare the two groups, homogeneity test was conducted by running independent t-test. The study was analyzed by repeated measure ANOVA to validate the effectiveness of the program. Based on the research, we concluded that art activities applied ‘Thumb message’ communication skill program has a positive effect on nursing teachers’ gratitude tendency and self-esteem, proven by the study results.
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KEYWORD
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Gratitude Tendency, Thumb Message, Self-esteem, Nursery Theachers, Communication
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