재배활동중심 원예치료 프로그램이 사회복귀예정 수형자의 우울감과 타액 Cortisol에 미치는 영향

Effects of Horticultural Therapy Program Focusing on Cultivating Activities for Prisoners Scheduled to be Released on Depression and Salivary Cortisol

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of horticultural therapy program focused on cultivation activities for prisoners scheduled to be released on depression and salivary cortisol. 37 adult male prisoners were participated. Experimental group of 18members received a horticultural therapy program and control group of 19 members did not receive a horticultural therapy program. And this study was performed from 7th of April 2012 to 12th of July 2012. It was based on ‘conceptual frame of psychological outcome model in horticultural therapy for prisoners scheduled for release’. As the results, depression level of the experimental group decreased significantly after horticultural therapy (p=0.006), while in control group was not showed significant (p=0.438). On salivary cortisol level of the experimental group decreased significantly after horticultural therapy (p=0.013), while it was not found significant difference in the control group (p=0.776). Therefore horticultural therapy program focused on cultivation activities could be utilized as appropriate rehabilitation program for decrease of depression and cortisol in prisoners scheduled to be released in future.