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KMID : 1148220230190020203
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2023 Volume.19 No. 2 p.203 ~ p.221
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Art Psychotherapy for Mothers of Children in the Lower Grades of Elementary School Effects on Empathy
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Song Jin-Ju
Lee Heung-Pyo
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Abstract
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In this study, we examined the effects of art psychotherapy on empathy and interaction empathy in mothers of children in the lower elementary grades. The study subjects were children in grades 1-3 and their mothers, 10 in the experimental group and 9 in the control group. A physical awareness and acceptance-centered art psychotherapy program for mothers was conducted for a total of 8 sessions, once a week, for 90-120 minutes.
Empathy was measured by two evaluators on the child's perceived parental empathy and the parents' interactive empathy in play situations. First, there was no significant difference in parental empathy perceived by children between the experimental and control groups. However, pre-post comparisons showed that children's perceived parental empathy improved in the program group. In particular, there was no significant improvement in emotional perception, but there was a significant improvement in perspective acceptance and empathic emotional response. Second, there was a significant difference in interaction empathy between the control group and the experimental group.
In the control group, receptive communication decreased, but in the program group, receptive communication, allowing children to self-guide and intervention increased significantly. It is suggested that self-recovery and healing experiences in art psychotherapy reduce mothers' parenting stress and have a positive effect on mothers' perceived empathic attitudes and reciprocal empathic responses in children.
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KEYWORD
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Empathy, Mother, Art psychotherapy, Child, Expressive art
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