집단게임놀이치료가 시설보호아동의 정서지능과 자아존중감 향상에 미치는 효과

The Effects of the Group Game Play Therapy on the Improvement of Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem of Institutionalized Children

This study was designed to examine the effects of the group game play therapy(GGPT) developed for enhancing emotional intelligence and self-esteem of institutionalized children. The participants were fifty-seven institutionalized children, residing in D city. Twenty-seven subjects were assigned to an experimental group in which the GGPT is practiced and thirty subjects were assigned to a control group in which a game play is practiced. Each group participated in a sixteen-session program twice a week during eight weeks. The data were analyzed by a SPSSWIN 10.0 program. ANCOVA and F-test were used to examine the effects of GGPT of the experimental group. The major results of this study were as follows. Firstly, the level of subject's emotional intelligence of the experimental group got higher than that of the control group. Secondly, the level of subject's self-esteem of the experimental group got higher than that of the control group.