미술치료가 ADHD를 동반한 경도지적장애 아동의 불안 및 학교부적응에 미치는 영향 = The Impact of Art Therapy on Anxiety and School Maladjustment in Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities with ADHD

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study investigated the effect of art therapy on the reduction of anxiety and school maladjustment of children with mild intellectual disabilities with ADHD. The study subjects were interviewed in-depth with their mothers, as their main caregivers, before treatment, and 19 art therapy sessions were conducted once to twice a week for 30 minutes from June to August 2024. As research tools, the K-CBCL, the School Adaptation Test Scale, and the KSD (School Life Test) were adopted and conducted before after to quantitatively analyze changes in children's behavior during therapy sessions. The results of this study were as follows. First, the art therapy drew significant results in alleviating anxiety in children with mild intellectual disabilities with ADHD. Second, the art therapy helped them reduce their maladaptive behavior in school. Concerning behavioral changes they expressed irritation without answering questions about early school, but in the latter part, they shared their school life and expressed their desire for positive peer relationships. These results showed that the art therapy helped children with mild intellectual disabilities with ADHD result in a positive effect on their emotional and behavioral changes, and alleviating their maladaptive behavior in school. The significance and limitations of this study were discussed based on these findings.