Contents Analysis of Activities on Group Art Therapy Programs to Improve the Self-Esteem of Elementary School Students

August 31, 2021  |  Vol.7, No.8  |  PP. 169-179  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Mi-Hun Kim, Gwangju Hwajungnam Elementary School, Korea

Hyundong Son, Department of Education, Gwangju National University of Education, Korea

KEYWORDS:

Elementary School Students, Self-esteem, Group Art Therapy Program, Contents Analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the activities of group art therapy programs to improve the self-esteem of elementary school students and to present the theoretical basis and basic data for future program development. The subject of analysis was 65 papers selected according to the selection criteria among degree thesis published in Korea from 2001 to August 2019. Through reviewing the literature, a tool for analyzing the contents of activities was developed. The tool is composed of 5 categories and 10 factors, with 54 activities in total. Each activity of the program was analyzed by frequency. The results are as follows: First, the elements of programs are 'relationship forming', 'self-acceptance', 'acceptance of others', 'sense of competence and accomplishment', and 'closing'. Of these, activities related to 'self-acceptance' were used the most. Second, as the results of usage frequency analysis, each program showed that introducing programs, exploring materials, advertising myself, expressing negative emotions, drawing a picture of a family, replicating a peer’s body part, drawing a cooperative picture, expressing my future, art exhibition, and giving-oneself-a-reward activity by sub-category were most commonly used. The results of this study are intended to contribute in raising the usefulness and efficiency of new programs in the future.

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Citations:

APA:
Kim, M.-H.., Son. H. (2021). Contents Analysis of Activities on Group Art Therapy Programs to Improve the Self-Esteem of Elementary School Students. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, 7(8), 169-179. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2021.08.15

MLA:
Kim, Mi-Hun, et al. “Contents Analysis of Activities on Group Art Therapy Programs to Improve the Self-Esteem of Elementary School Students.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 7, no. 8, 2021, pp. 169-179. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v7n8/15.html.

IEEE:
[1] M.-H. Kim, H. Son “Contents Analysis of Activities on Group Art Therapy Programs to Improve the Self-Esteem of Elementary School Students.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 169-179, August 2021.

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