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KMID : 1148220140100030181
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2014 Volume.10 No. 3 p.181 ~ p.200
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A Research on the Effects of Self-awareness Improvement Program Utilizing Integrated Art Therapy on Housewife Counseling Volunteers' Stress Reduction and Acceptance Behavior
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Kim Yong-Soo
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to implement a self-awareness improvement program utilizing integrated art therapy for housewife counseling volunteers, and to look into its effects on their stress and acceptance behavior. For this purpose, this study selected 30 housewife counseling volunteers from 'A' and 'B' Healthy Family Support Center, and assigned them to the experimental group and the control group, 15 persons each. A total of eight sessions of the program were offered to the experimental group, one 120-minute session a week. The self-awareness improvement program utilizing integrated art therapy was consisted of the domains of body awareness, emotional awareness, cognitive awareness, and memory awareness. The stress test and the acceptance behavior test were carried out on the experimental group and the control group before and after the program. The findings from the analysis of the collected data are as follows: First, the self-awareness improvement program utilizing integrated art therapy had the effects of overall reduction in the stress response level of the housewife counseling volunteers. And the domains of aggressiveness, anger, tension, depression, and fatigue showed statistically significant differences; however, the domains of somatization and frustration showed non-significant results. Second, the self-awareness improvement program utilizing integrated art therapy had the effects of improving the acceptance behavior level of the housewife counseling volunteers, and both willingness and commitment behavior showed significant differences.
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KEYWORD
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Self-awareness Improvement, Utilizing Integrated Art Therapy, Housewife Counseling Volunteer, Stress, Acceptance Behavior
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