The purpose of this study is to investigate the Effects of Group Art Therapy on the Self-efficacy of low-income teenagers'. The design of the study was group pretest-posttest control group design. The subjects of the study were selected as 20 middle s...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the Effects of Group Art Therapy on the Self-efficacy of low-income teenagers'. The design of the study was group pretest-posttest control group design. The subjects of the study were selected as 20 middle school student of low-income teenagers' who study in After School Study Class of W Social Welfare Center, and their grades were the first and the third.
They were randomly divided and assigned into an experimental group of ten and control group of ten.
The period of the study was from September 1, 2004 till November 12, 2004 and the program was composed of 20 times of experiments with 2 days a week and 90 minutes per experiment. Group art therapy was done by this researcher in the consulting room of W Social Welfare Center in Busan according to the program. The process was performed by this researcher and assistance teacher, while as an observer the teacher in After School Study Class of W Social Welfare Center participated in this experiments.
To confirm the effects of group art therapy, the changes were measured through Self-Efficacy Scale tests before and after treatment.
I have used general self-efficacy measure created by Cha Jung Eun(1997) and have analysed the data in SPSS statistic program with Wilcoxon signed-rank test : in Two-Related-Sample Tests.
The results of this study are such as the following.
First, through practical study, it was revealed that the activities of group art therapy were effective to make self-efficacy higher, showing significant difference of p<.05 between two groups.
Second, through practical study, it was revealed that the activities of group art therapy were effective to make 'self-confidence' higher, showing significant difference of p<.05 between two groups.
Third, through practical study, it was revealed that the activities of group art therapy were effective to make 'self-control efficacy' higher, showing significant difference of p<.05 between two groups.
Fourth, Through the process of group art therapy, 'preference of subject difficulty' showed insignificant difference of p>.05 between two groups but average score also came to be higher.
the group art therapy report about low-income teenagers', indicated that group art therapy positively affects the changes of in several areas of life. Before therapy, they didn't easilly keep company with friends, frequent fight was happened because of being left out or wrong intention expression. During the progress oh the art therapy, their intention expression or language expression level was improved a lot and the increase of exchanging feelings with friends brought about lots of cooperaction or concern for others.
Such conclusions suggest that group art therapy is effective, on the Self-efficacy of low-income teenagers'.