Effects of Sensory Stimulation Based Expressive Art Therapy on Depression and Psychological Well-being of the Disabled Living Alone at Home
Title
Effects of Sensory Stimulation Based Expressive Art Therapy on Depression and Psychological Well-being of the Disabled Living Alone at Home
Author(s)
이선형
; 배희숙
Keyword
독거 재가 장애인
; 감각자극
; 표현예술치료
; 우울증
; 심리적 안녕감
; Disabled Persons Living Alone At Homme
; Sensory Stimulation
; Expressive Art Therapy
; Depression
; Psychological Well-being
Publication Year
2016-06-30
Publisher
Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Citation
Health and Social Welfare Review Vol.36 No.2, pp.258-279
Abstract
The purposes of this research are to draw up an expressive art therapy program of sensory stimulation for disabled persons living alone at home, and to investigate the effect of the program. For that, we have designed an expressive art therapy program. Then, ten disabled persons living alone, registered to a welfare center in a small-sized city, were participated to this program for 12 sessions (120 minutes for a session). In order to verify the effect of this expressive art therapy program, pre-post tests were conducted using K-CES-D and PWBS. The significance of the scores’ changing between pre-post tests was verified through paired samples t-test. As results, the participants’ depression scores were significantly reduced (p