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This study is to investigate how effective a collage group art therapy would be for work-related anger-expression of independent-living rehabilitation teachers. Three anger expression modes or methods such as anger-in, anger-out, and anger-control are treated as three dependent variables in the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), which is to be comparatively measured at pretest and posttest. A total of 9 collage group art therapy were given, and behavioral changes were observed and analyzed.
Study subjects are four independent-living rehabilitation teachers working at the living facilities of mental retardation in P-city.
The results from the study are as follows.
First, collage group art therapy has positive effects on all three anger expression modes which are anger-in, anger-out, and anger-control.
Second, collage group art therapy has evoked changes in the study subjects' anger expression modes as the therapy sessions went by. Initially, they had hard time expressing their repressed feelings. In the middle of the therapy program they became active in expressing feelings. Then, at the later stage of the program, they eventually grasp their own anger inside and use appropriate anger expression modes, judging from the situation.