This research was conducted to observe the changes of kinetic school drawing and the effects of the application of person-centered art therapy to maladjusted elementary school children in the 5th grade on school adaptation, learning motivation, and se...
This research was conducted to observe the changes of kinetic school drawing and the effects of the application of person-centered art therapy to maladjusted elementary school children in the 5th grade on school adaptation, learning motivation, and self-efficiency.
This research had been conducted from January, 2008 through October 9th in order of the research and development of person-centered art therapy, the plan of the subject of research, the training of observers, the preliminary inspection, the operation and application of the program, the post-therapy inspection, the follow-up inspection, and the data processing.
The subjects of the research were 230 elementary school children in the 5th grade in J province. The measure of school adaptation of Kim Yongnae (2000) was used in this research. The thirty maladjusted school children were divided into the experiment group and the control group, 15 respectively. In the experiment group, person-centered art therapy was conducted 14 times, 70 minutes once a week, while the students in the other group only led normal school lives without any steps.
The following test sheets were used as the research tools. The test sheet by Kin Yongnae (2000) was used in the measures of school adaptation and learning motivation, and in the measure of self-efficiency, the test sheet by Kim Ahyoung (1997) on the basis of General Self-Efficacy Scale by Sherer (1982) was used after revision and supplementation. In the measure of KSD by Knoff and Prout (1988), the rating sheets by Burns and Kaufman (1970, 1972) were used after revision and supplementation.
The data collected from the test were verified by the way of Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance using SPSS 12.0.
The results of the research are as follows.
First, in the aspect of school adaptation, the points of the experiment group are more significant than those of the control group. It indicates that person-centered art therapy has an important effect on school adaptabilities of maladjusted elementary school students.
Second, in the aspect of learning motivation, the points of the experiment group are more significant than those of the control group. It means that person-centered art therapy has an important effect on learning motivation of maladjusted elementary school students.
Third, in the aspect of self-efficiency, the points of the experiment group are more significant than those of the control group. It shows that person-centered art therapy has an important effect on self-efficiency of maladjusted elementary school students.
Fourth, in the aspect of kinetic school drawing, the points of the experiment group are more significant than those of the control group. It indicates that person-centered art therapy has an important effect on kinetic school drawing of maladjusted elementary school students.
These results show that person-centered art therapy has important effects on school adaptabilities, learning motivation, self-efficiency, and kinetic school drawing of maladjusted elementary school students.