집단미술치료 프로그램이 자기표현에 어려움이 있는 장애아동 어머니의 대인관계 향상에 미치는 효과

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether group art therapy program is effective for interpersonal relationship of disabled children's mother who has difficulty in self-expression. The subjects of this study were the 40 mothers of children who were diagnosed with disabilities at the integrated child care center in A city. After the Assertive Behavior Assessment, 14 applicants who wanted to participate in the program with score of 60 or less were randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group by 7 persons each. The program was conducted for 120 minutes, once a week, with a total of 8 sessions. In this study, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was conducted to test whether the interpersonal relationship scale was effective by comparing the scores before and after the program. In addition, the changes of interpersonal relationships by session were qualitatively analyzed through observation items in the process of group art activities. The results of the study are follows. First, it was shown that group art therapy was effective in improving interpersonal relationship of disabled children's mother. Second, passive self-expression at the initial stage during group art therapy process increased intimacy by helping natural communication based on telling stories about the art work while proceeding the session. Honest and active self-expression through this result expanded the communication ability and the interaction of the interpersonal relationship, and confirmed that the group art therapy has a positive effect on improving the interpersonal relationship of disabled children's mother.