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영어

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of group art therapy on the school adjustability of maladjusted children. The subjects in this study were nine selected children who were in their first, second and third grades in an elementary school located in an urban community, Gyeonggi Province. The selected children participated in after-school programs. The level of their maladjusted behavior and school adjustment was tested, and the KSD test was conducted to make a qualitative analysis of their school adjustment with teachers and peers. As a result, there was a significant decrease in the maladjusted behavior of the maladjusted children to whom a group art therapy was provided. In the pretest, they scored low in peer relationship, class participation and self-control that were the subfactors of school adjustment, but they showed a significant rise of scores in school adjustment after they engaged in the group art therapy activities. In the KSD test, there were negative descriptions in their pretest drawings, which showed that they were alone without mingling with their friends, fought with them or pointed a gun or knife at them. In the posttest drawings, however, they worked out with their peers or described themselves and friends in various ways. Some explained their drawings in detail, and the lines that they drew looked softer. Thus, the children who had showed maladjusted behavior underwent positive changes in peer relationship, way of looking at school life and emotional psychology.

한국어

본 연구는 집단미술치료활용이 부적응행동 아동의 학교적응능력에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 경기도 S시 00초등학교 방과후 교실의 1,2,3 학년 아동 9명을 대상으로 부적응행동과 학교생활적응 정도를 알아보았고, 학교생활화(KSD) 그림 검사를 통해 연구대상과 연구대상의 교사, 친구와의 학교적응 행동의 변화를 질적 분석하였다. 그 결과 집단미술치료활동은 부적응행동아동의 부적응행동이 유의미하게 감소되었다. 학교생활적응의 하위요인인 친구관계, 수업참여, 그리고 자기통제점수는 사전에는 낮게 나타났으나 집단미술치료활동 이후 학교생활적응점수가 유의미하게 향상되었다. 학교생활화(KSD) 그림검사 분석에서도 초기의 친구들과 분리된 혼자만의 모습이나 싸우는 장면 또는 총이나 칼로 겨누는 모습 등 부정적으로 표현되었으나 사후에는 함께 운동을 하거나 자신과 친구들의 다양한 모습을 그리거나 그림에 대해 구체적으로 표현하거나 그림의 선들이 부드럽게 나타나는 등 부적응행동아동의 친구관계와 학교생활에 대한 생각이나 정서적 심리상태의 감정 변화가 구체적이고 긍정적으로 변화되었다.