The subject of this research is to solve the problem of elderly women and enhance their blessed lived at the same time through fulfilling their desires since they are struggling from the pain or alienation even harder as not only women, but also the a...
The subject of this research is to solve the problem of elderly women and enhance their blessed lived at the same time through fulfilling their desires since they are struggling from the pain or alienation even harder as not only women, but also the aged people in terms of patriarchal social system and a standard moral value. Then we should try to understand and pay attention this issue more carefully on them who are advantage over for the formation rate of men and women, and life expectancy.
Therefore, from this study, I intend to examine how the group art therapy can affect the depression of elderly women and satisfaction for their lives.
For this reason, I want to focus on these matters that are listed below.
First, I want to look at the effect that the art therapy may affect the depression of elderly women, specifically by the subordinate factors like enervation, anxiety, a sense of unease, and decrease of activities.
Second, I also want to take a look at the effect that the group art therapy may affect the life satisfaction of elderly women, specifically, in accordance with the subordinate factors, such a s affirmation denial for the past, affirmation denial for the present , and affirmation denial for the future respectively.
The experimental group for this study is a group of elderly women aged over 65, who are coming to a certain place for the elderly people, located in 0000 apartment, Kyung San City. After applying KGDS and test for life satisfaction to them who can especially have literacy and express their won opinions, I chose the member of 24 out of 31 as the major target member - they recorded the score over 14 by the standard of depression, and the score beyond 50 by the standard life satisfaction-except 7 persons who are not voluntary. Then I classified into a group of 12 people for the certain experiment and the other for the non-experiment. The group of people for the experiment is applies for the art therapy program for an hour once a week with total 19 times from June 9, 2001 to October 26, 2001. After that I examined and analyzed the results from two different groups.
For this research, I applied the mixture design used for changeabIe factors between experimental or controlled members in order to clarify the effect that the art therapy program may affect depression or life satisfaction of elderly women. Among independent changeable factors, factors between experimental members are divided into the group of art therapy ( experimental group o r controlled group), and factors inside experimental group is the period of test (before or after). Subordinate factors are the score form their depression and life satisfaction. And for the standard of depression there are four subordinate factors, like the sense of enervation, anxiety, unease and decreases of activities. And for life satisfaction, there are three subordinate factors, such a s affirmation denial for the past, present and future.
To verify the hypothesis ANOVA was practiced and statistical margin is 0.05.
Here are procedures for data process for the results of this research.
First, I scrutinized the results in terms of time period basis-before and after, by using KGDS to examine how the group art therapy can affect the depression of elderly women.
Second I analyzed the results in terms of before and after experiment basis by using life satisfaction guide invented by Choi Sung Jae (1986) to examine how the group art therapy can affect the life satisfaction.
Here is the result for the test related to the depression of elderly women; the controlled group is hardly changed by the preliminary score (M= 16), however, the experimental group has lower score from the test by the preliminary score (M=20,08) and the score after the test (M=14.16) respectively.
Here is the result from the test related to the life satisfaction; the controlled group record even lower score by the preliminary score (M=43.5), the score after the test (M= 42.58) and the experimental group record the higher score by the preliminary score (M= 43.68). and the score after the test (M=59.18).
Therefore, Here are the total results from my research.
First. The group art therapy can affect the decrease of depression of elderly women.
Second, the art therapy can affect the improvement for the life satisfaction of elderly women.