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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.4.1628

A Study on the Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy on the Emotional Stability of Children From Broken Homes  

Kang, Jong-Gu (Chungbuk National University Department of Child Welfare)
Lee, Nam-Sug (Hanil University & Presbyterian Theological Seminary)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.4, 2011 , pp. 1628-1636 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of horticultural therapy on children from broken homes: this treatment program, implemented in the social welfare field, targets the children's depression, self-esteem, and social and emotional stress. Its object was composed of 13 lower grade students enrolled in special facilities according to the life-cycle method, and its data were collected as making use of the structured questionnaire. The horticultural Therapy Program was practiced 14 sessions in total from September 2nd to December 16th, 2010, and its results in summary are as follows; The sociality in horticultural therapy was higher by .53 point in 2.76 after practice than in 2.23 before practice, and its value of the ability to cope with stress was higher by 0.52 point in 2.82 after coping with stress than in 2.30 before that. That was meaningful (t=-1.4398, p<.05). The value of anxiety was lower by .15 in 1.45 post-anxiety than in 1.60 pre-anxiety, and that was meaningful (t=-2.3842, p<.05). The value of self-esteem is higher by .42 in 2.92 post-self-esteem than in 2.50 pre-self-esteem, and that was strategically meaningful (t=-1.1871, p<.05). The value of emotional assessment was higher by 2.05 in 5.25 post-emotional assessment than in 3.20 pre-emotional assessment, and that was strategically meaningful (t=-2.4599, p<.05). Based on these results, this study suggests that this horticultural therapy program should apply to the issues of children in social welfare field as one of various approaches.
Keywords
Horticultural therapy; Children from broken homes; Anxiety; Emotional assession; Self-Esteem; Social welfare field;
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