본 연구는 부모의 이혼과 가출로 부모 없이 조모와 함께 살고 있는 조손가정 가족원에게 가족미술치료를 적 용하여, 조손가정 가족원의 자아존중감과 가족응집력 및 적응력 향상에 있어 가족미술치료의 효과성을 검증하 는데 목적이 있다. 연구대상은 서울시 Y구에 소재한 J 가족지원센터에 상담의뢰를 한 빈곤조손가정의 가족원이 며, 2009년 9월부터 12월에 걸쳐 J 가족지원센터 내 상담실에서 주 1회(총 11회), 회기당 90분씩 총 11회기의 가 족미술치료를 실시하였다. 프로그램의 효과를 검증하기 위하여 면담을 통한 문제의 평가를 하였고, 자아존중감 척도(Self-Esteem Scale: SES)와 가족적응력 및 응집력 척도(The Family Cohesion and Adaptability Evaluation Scales Ⅲ: FACES-Ⅲ)를 사전 사후검사를 실시하였으며 회기별 자아존중감과 가족적응력 및 응집력 관련 활동 및 행동변화과정 등을 질적 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 가족미술치료는 조손가정 가족원 의 자아존중감을 향상시켜 긍정적인 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 가족미술치료는 조손가정 가족원의 가족응집력 및 적응력을 향상시켜 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 회기별 진행과정에 따른 자아존중감과 가족응집력 및 적응력의 양상에서도 긍정적인 변화를 보였다. 이와 같은 결과를 통해 가족미술치료가 조손가정 가족원의 자아존중감과 가족기능을 향상시키는데 효과적이었음을 알 수 있다
This study conducted a family art therapy targeting family members who live with grandparents since parents’ divorce and runaway in order to verify the effects the family art therapy on the improvement of the self-esteem, the family cohesion and the adaptability of family members from the grandparent-grandchildren families. Family members from an impoverished grandparent-grandchildren family who has requested consultation with a J family support center located in Y-gu, Seoul, was selected as a research subject. The subject with her grandmother (age 60) and younger sister (age 13) joined a total of 11 sessions of the art therapy once a week for 90 minutes each from September to December, 2009. In order to verify the effects of the program, the study evaluated problems through the interviews with the research subject, and conducted the ex-ante and the ex-post tests using Self-Esteem Scale (SES) and The Family Cohesion and Adaptability Evaluation Scales Ⅲ (FACES-Ⅲ). The study also carried out a qualitative analysis on activities related to the self-esteem, the family adaptability and the family cohesion as well as a process of how behaviors change through each session. The findings of the study are summarized as follows. First, the family art therapy was observed to have a positive influence for it has improved the self-esteem of family members from the grandparent-grandchildren family. Second, the family art therapy was understood to have an effect for it has enhanced the family cohesion and adaptability of family members from the grandparent-grandchildren family. Third, in terms of the patterns of the self-esteem, the family cohesion and the adaptability throughout the sessions, the study confirmed positive changes in those patterns. In the light of that, the study understands how efficient the family art therapy is at enhancing the self-esteem and the family function of family members from the grandparent-grandchildren families.