집단미술치료 프로그램이 결혼이주여성의 우울, 자아존중감 및 결혼만족도에 미치는 효과 = The Effects of Group Art Therapy Program on Married Migrant Women's Depression, Self-esteem and Marital Satisfaction

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of group art therapy program on married migrant women's depression, self-esteem and marriage satisfaction.
There were three research questions. First, does the group art therapy program have effects on married migrant women's depression? Second, does the group art therapy program have effects on married migrant women's self esteem? Third, does the group art therapy program have effects on married migrant women's marital satisfaction? Among migrant women who were taking Korean language program and Korean culture program designed specially for married migrant women in M city, 14 migrant women participated in this study. They were randomly divided into two groups: seven women in the experimental group and the other seven women in the control group. The experiment took place from July to October in 2009, consisting of eighteen week group art therapy sessions. Any treatment was not given to the control group. Pre-test scores and post-test scores in depression, self-esteem, and marriage satisfaction were compared. Results were as follows: First, the group art therapy program decreased depression of married migrant women. There were significant differences between pre-test scores and post-test scores in experimental group. Second, the group art therapy program had an effect on the self-esteem of married migrant women. The experimental group showed significantly higher self-esteem in post-test than pre-test. Third, the group art therapy program also had an significantly positive impact on the marriage satisfaction of married migrant women. Fourth, married migrant women in the experiment group showed that they felt happier in spite of no changes in their lives during the program. Also, they became more positive and confident to deal with any possible problems in current and future marriage. Thus, it was found out that group art therapy program has a positive effects on depression, self-esteem and marital satisfaction of married migrant women. Also, group art therapy program is expected to help married migrant women learn and adapt Korean language and culture.