모래상자놀이가 이혼가정 아동의 자아존중감에 미치는 효과

A effects of sandtray play on the self-esteem of children from divorced family

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of sandtray play on the self-esteem of children from divorced family. The subjects in this study were three selected children who attended a welfare center in an urban community. They were raised in divorced single parent families, and they were selected from among six children of whom the social worker was asked to take care because of poor expressions of intentions. They got a score of 90 or less on a self-esteem scale. A sandtray play program was provided in 10 sessions, once a week, 60 minutes each. The findings of the study were as follows: first, sandtray play contributed to raising the self-esteem scores of the children from divorced family. second, there were increase in their verbal expressions related to high self-esteem. third, there were increase in their nonverbal expressions related to self-esteem. The findings of the study might not be generalizable because of the small size of the subject group, but the findings of the study suggest that sandtray play had an effect on the improvement of the self-esteem of the children from divorced family.