The Effects of Clinical Art Therapy on Stress Relieving for workers Stress on workers has a bad influence not merely on physical, mental and social health but also on family and nation. The main purpose of this research is to estimate relation between...
The Effects of Clinical Art Therapy on Stress Relieving for workers Stress on workers has a bad influence not merely on physical, mental and social health but also on family and nation. The main purpose of this research is to estimate relation between stress and response characteristics from clinical art therapy for workers using enneagram, and to analyze effects of clinical art therapy on stress relieving for workers.
Survey objects of this research consisted of forty two female and male workers who were twenty to forty six years old, living and working in Seoul-Gyonggi area. Selected workers participating into the research did not have any physical and mental problems and agreed with participation. Clinical art therapy was done twelve times including 100 minute pre-after test every week. By using Riso-Hudson QUEST(The Quick Enneagram Sorting Test), Riso-Hudson TAS(The Type Attitude Sorter), Stress Response Inventory(SRI) and Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) experiment group was analyzed quantitatively. Meanwhile, saliva was taken before and after clinical art therapy in order to analyze change into concentration of salivary cortisol. In addition, in order to analyze change in concentration of salivary cortisol as well as stress and depression, quantitative analysis was done by using paired t-test. For qualitative analysis, before and after participation of experiment group into clinical art therapy, individual picture diagnosis test, Kinetic House-Tree- Person(KHTP), and regression analysis were done.
The results of this research are as follows;
First, change in salivary cortisol of group participating into clinical art therapy was not statistically significant. However, for individual change in salivary cortisol, cortisol concentration of twenty six experiment objects among forty two became high whereas fifteen became low. As result of regression analysis with individual difference combined with personal type, there was not differences among personal type, however, cortisol concentration of people with ‘type 8’ became low significantly compared to result of the former test.
Second, for the effects of clinical art therapy on stress relieving for workers, stress index before therapy was 34.6 whereas 20.2 after therapy. Therefore, stress index after therapy became low significantly.
Third, for the effects of clinical art therapy on depression relieving for workers, depression index before therapy was 8.9 whereas 4.6 after therapy. Therefore, depression index after therapy became low significantly.
Finally, as result of individual picture diagnosis test, Kinetic House-Tree- Person(KHTP), procedure of individual and group changes, and regression analysis, clinical art therapy had a positive influence upon stress relieving for workers.
As the results, it is estimated that clinical art therapy had a positive influence upon stress relieving for workers. Additionally, detailed analysis result with before-after test proves the effect. Therefore, with a basis of positive effect, clinical art therapy will be used and verified.