The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the forest healing program influenced on the middle school students suffering from depression and low self-esteem. The study attempted to figure out how the distinctive features and elements of the f...
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the forest healing program influenced on the middle school students suffering from depression and low self-esteem. The study attempted to figure out how the distinctive features and elements of the forest function into healing the middle school students suffering from these problems. The participants in the study were composed of 80 students in a specially treated class named WEEclass at a middle school located in Suwon-si. The participants were divided into an experimental group and a control group. The result of this study reveald that the depression level of the students in the experimental group turned out to be lower than that of the students in the control group who did not participate in the forest healing program. Using pretest-posttest control group design, the data were collected by measuring CES-D(The Center for Epidermiology Studies Depression Scale) and Roggenburg self-Esteem scales.