The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of group art Therapy through the reminiscence therapy depression of the elderly.
The design of the study was group pretest-posttest research design. The subjects were 20 depressed old people that i...
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of group art Therapy through the reminiscence therapy depression of the elderly.
The design of the study was group pretest-posttest research design. The subjects were 20 depressed old people that inhabit to accommodation equipment that is located in Daegu City. Subjects were divided into two groups: 10 control group and 10 experimental group. A program comprised of 22 sessions group art therapy was administered to both groups for 3 months, beginning of Jan, 2002. The evaluating tools for the present study were Geriatric Depression Scale in Korean Procedures for the Elderly repeated measure ANOV A, and paired t-test were employed for statistical analyses.
The study explored the following research purpose.
First, group art therapy through the reminiscence therapy explored about general effect on depression of the elderly.
Second, group art therapy through the reminiscence therapy explored about low rank factor effect on depression of the elderly.
The major findings of the present study can be summarized as follows.
First, it was effect group art therapy through reminiscence therapy in general depression decrease of the elderly.
Second, it was effect group art therapy through the reminiscence therapy loss of interest of(factor 2) of experiment group and agitation(factor 4) and social withdrawal tendency(factor 6) among low rank factor different factor of depression of the elderly.
In short, group art therapy through the reminiscence therapy program employed in this study seemed to have beneficial effects on depression of the elderly.