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KMID : 1148220160120010247
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2016 Volume.12 No. 1 p.247 ~ p.270
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A Study on the Effect of the Integrated Arts Therapy on Middle-aged Women’s Self-esteem and Mourning on Their Family Member’s Death
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Seol Jeong-Hui
Moon Jeong-Hee
Cheon Seong-Moon
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the integrated arts therapy to the middle-aged women with mourning and self-esteem. 16 women participants of 40~59 year-old local residents with bereavement through the online and offline want ad at community welfare centers in B city and were divided into two each group of 8 as a control or an experimental group. Integrated arts therapy was carried out for the experimental group for 10 sessions of 120 minutes once a week from 2014. July 22nd to Sep. 30th. Mourning and self-esteem scale were carried out as pre and post test, and. MANCOVA was used to show the significance. The results are as follows: First, in the sub scales of mourning, the shock and confusion from the loss and the loss of pain was significantly reduced. And the growth and recovery of life were significantly increased. Second, in the sub scale of self-esteem, self enhancement, relationships with others, assertiveness and confidence have increased significantly. According to the results, this program was useful to improve the mourning and self-esteem of the middle-aged women. Finally, the implications and limits of this study were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Integrative Arts Therapy, Bereavement, Middle-aged Women, Self-esteem
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