This study aims at developing a group bibliotherapy program for alcoholics and verifying its effects. The bibliotherapy program used for this dissertation was developed for the contents of the core therapy that is dealt generally at the existing alcoh...
This study aims at developing a group bibliotherapy program for alcoholics and verifying its effects. The bibliotherapy program used for this dissertation was developed for the contents of the core therapy that is dealt generally at the existing alcohol therapy program to be carried out through the principles of bibliotherapy. The experimental Group, objects were ten adult men under the therapy after alcoholics diagnosis at N alcoholic therapy facility in C city. and the control group, on ten objects who participated in ten period bibliotherapy programs, this dissertation performed an examination, prior as well as post, about subjective psychological well-being, psychological drink abstention, and alcohol disease measurement, and verified the effectiveness through qualitative analysis of the program process. In conclusion, as a result of statistic analysis, prior as well as post, subjective psychological well-being, psychological drink abstention and alcohol disease measurement showed positive effect. The satisfaction with life, a subsidiary factor of subjective psychological well-being, showed a significant improvement. This dissertation performed a phenomenological analysis about participants' reaction. As a result, the participants showed positive reactions; they expressed negative feelings through the protagonists and stories in the books, understood their problems objectively, became to understand themselves and others, made plans for the future, and explored solutions. The bibliotherapy may be a useful means to help alcoholics.