The purpose of this study was to examine how much a bibliotherapy program using picture books was effective in improving the self-esteem of young children.
The research question were posed as below:
1. Does a bibliotherapy program have any effects o...
The purpose of this study was to examine how much a bibliotherapy program using picture books was effective in improving the self-esteem of young children.
The research question were posed as below:
1. Does a bibliotherapy program have any effects on improving the self-esteem of preschoolers?
2. Does a bibliotherapy program haver any effects on boosting their self-esteem subareas?
2-1. Does a bibliotherapy program haver any effects on enhancing the congnitive ability of preschoolers?
2-2. Does a bibliotherapy program haver any effects on the peer acceptance of preschoolers?
2-3. Does a bibliotherapy program haver any effects on the physical ability of preschoolers?
2-4. Does a bibliotherapy program haver any effects on the mother acceptance of preschoolers?
2-5. Does a bibliotherapy program haver any effects on the self-acceptance of preschoolers?
The subject in this study were 29 young children who were selected from among 120
The subject in this study were 29 young children who were selected from among 120 preschoolers attending M kindergarten in the city of Busan. All the children who were five years old in Western age took a test with Kim Yeoung-suk(1997)'s revised version of Harter and Pike (1984)'s Self-Esteem Inventory, and then 29 children whose scores was below 84, which accounted for 70 percent of full marks, were selected. An experimental group and a control group were made up randomly with 15 and 14 children each.
The bibliotherapy program used in this study was prepared by this researcher based on Choi Suon-hui(1997)'s revised version of Watson (1994)'s Bibliotherapy Program and Pardeck(1995)'s Follow-Up Activities.
This program was conducted in 14 sessions for five weeks, three times a week, 80 minutes each.
After the experiment was completed, the experimental and control groups took a self-esteem test again. When there were any gaps between the two groups in self-esteem subareas in pretest, ANCOVA was utilized to see if the gaps were significant, and t-test was employed when no difference was found in pretest.
The major findings of the study were as follows:
First, concerning the impacts of the bibliotherapy program on the self-esteem of the preschoolers, the experimental group that was exposed to the bibliotherapy program showed a significant improvement in self-esteem scores than the control group that wasn't.
Second, when ANCOVA was used to find out whether or not the bibliotherapy program had any effects on uplifting the cognitive ability of the young children, their cognitive ability made a significant progress.
Third, when ANVOCA was utilized to identify the influences of the bibliotherapy program on their peer acceptance, they made significant strides in peer acceptance.
Fourth, when t-test was employed to see if the bibliotherapy program developed the physical ability of the young children, they made a significant improvement in physical ability.
Fifth, when t-test was conducted to see if the bibliotherapy program was effective in boosting their mother acceptance, their mother acceptance made a significant progress.
Sixth, when t-test was implemented to determine the effects of the bibliotherapy program on their self-acceptance, they showed a significant improvement in self-acceptance.