The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of art therapy based on REBT that affects the anger alleviation of runaway homeless youths.
The study was conducted on three girls from runaway and homeless shelter in D city, and the art therap...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of art therapy based on REBT that affects the anger alleviation of runaway homeless youths.
The study was conducted on three girls from runaway and homeless shelter in D city, and the art therapy program was carried out weekly 2 sessions for 6 weeks from March 1 to April 19, 2007.
The change of the grade was examined between the pre/post Irrational Belief Test, the changes of items in each scale were compared and the change of thought was analysed in each session to evaluate the effectiveness of the research. And for evaluation of the effectiveness of anger alleviation, the changes of frequency were presented and compared as graphs after observing secondary anger thought-verbal, which is an anger behavior.
The art therapy program was composed of following steps: rapport, establishing goal, explaining REBT theory, investigation track dysfunctional schema, problem solving and a close.
The results from the investigation are indicated as follows.
First, it was found that the art therapy based on REBT was effective in the change of irrational belief caused by runaway and homeless youths' anger. The grades were decreased in love slobbism scale, catastrophizing scale, perfectly competence scale and self-reflective conclusion scale.
Second, the art therapy based on REBT reduced and improved the anger behaviors. It was observed that the frequency of using anger thought-verbal was reduced while the subjects were talking.
The conclusion of this study ascertained the fact that the art therapy based on REBT resulted in positive changes on the level of anger by applying the education and practice which change the irrational belief caused by runaway and homeless youths' anger to rational belief.
It is suggested that art therapy for runaway and homeless youths has to be carried out not as an one-off performance but as a continuing program with concern and affection to them.