The purpose of this study was to determine how a group music therapy program affected emotional intelligence and aggression of young children in dual-income families. This study was conducted with 16 children in dual-income families at D K indergarten...
The purpose of this study was to determine how a group music therapy program affected emotional intelligence and aggression of young children in dual-income families. This study was conducted with 16 children in dual-income families at D K indergarten in D City : 8 were in the experimental group and 8 in the control group. The program was composed of 15 sessions ; pretest was performed on June 2, 2014, one week before starting the program, the main experiment was carried out from June 9 to September 29, 2014, and posttest was performed on October 6, 2014, one week after completing the program. The emotional intelligence scale for pretest and posttest was the emotional intelligence checklist modified by Lee (1 997 ) on the basis of the revision of the emotional intelligence model developed by Salvovey and Mayer (1996) and the aggression scale which was composed of the questions concerning aggression from A chenbach and Edelbrock's (1984) Behavioral Checklist used by G u(2009) and Lazelere developed by Oh, Lee, Hong, and Ha (1997) and K-CBCL and the Toddler Behavior Checklist (TBC) developed by Amberson and Martin (1989), which were lastly categorized, revised, and complemented by Park ' s (2002). The results of this study can be summarized as follows : First, a group music therapy program significantly changed emotional intelligence and aggression of young children in dual-income families. Second, a group music therapy program positively contributed to the qualitative changes in emotional intelligence and aggression of young children in dual-income families.