The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of human-centered group art therapy on mothers of disabled children in their psychological well-being. The research subjects were selected from those who wish to participate in the research at W ...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of human-centered group art therapy on mothers of disabled children in their psychological well-being. The research subjects were selected from those who wish to participate in the research at W Development Center located in Y city. The research program had been held from November 2021 to December, 2021 and it was following 『On Becoming a Person : A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy』written by Rogers whose theoretical development had changed. Totally, the group art therapy program consisted of 10 sessions and each session took 10 minutes for introduction, 30 minutes for activity, 40 minutes for conversation, and 10 minutes for close. The sessions were delivered more than 90 minutes twice a week.
To see if the sessions contributed to their psychological well-being, Psychological Wellbeing Scale, which had been developed by Ryff in 1989 and was modified by Kim Myung-so, Kim Hye-won, and Cha Kyung-ho in 2001, was used.
Prior to proceeding human-centered art therapy the independent-samples Mann-Whitney U Test, a non-parametric statistical test method using psychological well-being scale, was conducted in SPSS to determine whether the psychological well-being level of the experimental and control groups were similar to one another. And the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was performed with referring to pre- and post-psychological well-being test of each group to find out whether the group of mothers of disabled children was making progress.
The results of this study showed that human-centered art therapy was effective in improving the psychological well-being of mothers of children with disabilities with the results of the psychological well-being.
This study has confirmed that human-centered group art therapy has positive effects on refining the psychological well-being of mothers of disabled children. In the future, it is necessary to compare the effects of various sub-items of psychological well-being.