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The purpose of this study was to examine how group art therapy using animal-assisted activities affects the emotions of children from single-parent families. The subjects of this study were children from single-parent families who are attending regional children's centers in I City in J Province. Five children were selected who scored 60 or higher T score from the Teacher's Report Form for Ages 6-18 (TRF), had no resistance to animals, and were available for the group art therapy, while five other children who were resistant to animals and could not participate in the program were put in the control group. Total of 12 sessions, each of which took 80 minutes. In order to examine the effect of this study, TRF developed by Achenbach and Rescorla (2001) was used. Also, the SPSS 22.0 Program was used to rate the difference between the experiment group and the control group before and after the program. The qualitative analysis of drawing test underwent the researcher's behavioral observation, content analysis, and formal analysis, and received expert advice for reliability. The following are the findings of this study: First, as a result of regression analysis on the influence of group art therapy using animal-assisted activities on personal change and the group art therapy program, it was found that it had a positive influence on personal change in each stage. The children were strongly resistant to physical touch and often showed violation of rules, intimidation, anxiety, and aggressive behaviors in the early stage, but they gradually changed to be considerate and interactive in the final stage, manifesting that there was a positive change. Second, the comparison of the groups' TRF scores before and after the program showed significant differences in the experiment group's overall problematic behaviors, internalization behaviors, and externalization behaviors. It was found that the group art therapy using animal-assisted activities had a positive influence on the problematic behaviors of children from single-parent families. Therefore, it was concluded that art therapy approach to children from single-parent families with anxiety can help them reduce their anxiety and negative emotions in the relationships with families and peers and establish their identities.

한국어

본 연구는 동물매개활동을 적용한 집단미술치료가 한 부모 가정 아동의 정서에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 살펴보고자 하는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구의 대상은 J도 I시에 위치한 지역아동센터에 다니고 있는 한 부모 가정아동으로 한국판 아동.청소년 행동평가척도 교사용(Teacher's Report Form for Ages 6-18; TRF)에서 T점수가 60점 이상이며, 연구의 대상은 동물에 대한 거부감이 없고 집단미술치료에 참여 가능한 아동 5명을 선정하였다. 첫째, 개인의 단계별 변화와 집단미술치료 프로그램 회기 고찰을 통해 확인한 결과 개인의 단계별 변화에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 실험집단의 집단 내 TRF 사전과 사후점수 비교에서 총 문제행동, 내재화 행동, 외현화 행동의 점수에서 모두 유의미한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 불안을 가진 한 부모 가정의 아동에 대한 미술 치료적 접근은 가족 및 또래 아동과의 관계 속에서 느끼는 불안 및 타인에 대한 부정적 감정을 감소시키고, 자신의 정체성을 확립하는데 도움을 준다는 것을 알 수 있었다.