Korean Journal of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회지)

Korean Association of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회)
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A Case Study of Family Art Therapy to Improve a Runaway Middle School Girl's Self Esteem, Child-Parent Communication, and Family Relationship

가출여중생의 자아존중감과 부모-자녀 의사소통 및 가족관계 향상을 위한 가족미술치료 사례연구

  • Kim, Hyo-Suk (Dept. of Art Therapy, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Choi, Wae-Sun (Dept. of Human Ecology and Kinesiology, Yeungnam University)
  • 김효숙 (영남대학교 대학원 미술치료학과) ;
  • 최외선 (영남대학교 가족주거학과)
  • Published : 2007.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate if and how much a family art therapy can influence a runaway middle school girl's self esteem, communication with parents, and family relations. Study subjects are a middle school girl (called S) and her parents, receiving a total of 13 sessions of art therapy from January 3 to March 28 of 2007, held at P-kindergarten located in Kyungbuk province, with each session of 90-120 minutes. Research instruments adopted for the study are a comparison between pre-test and post-test regarding S's self-esteem and a measure of dynamic relationship between S and her parents determined by KFD (Kinetic Family Drawing) in pre- and post-tests. The results are as follows. First, family art therapy shows its effect on the runaway middle school girls' self-esteem. Second, family art therapy proves to be effective on child-parent communication. Third, family art therapy displays positive influence on family relations.

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