독서활동을 이용한 구조화된 집단놀이치료 사례연구

A case study through the structured group therapy with reading activities: Focused on the self-esteem of the children who experienced parent divorce

본 연구는 이혼 가정 아동들의 자아존중감을 독서활동을 이용한 구조화된 집단놀이치료를 통해 향상시키는 것이다. 본 연구는 자존감이 낮다고 판단되어 사회복지사에 의해 의뢰된 6명의 아동을 치료 집단과 통제 집단으로 각각 2명씩 무선 배정하였다. 연구는 사전․사후 설계로 총 18회기로 구성하였으며 한 회기는 90분간 진행되었다. 각 회기는 이완활동(15분), 독서활동(30～40분), 토론활동(15분), 자유놀이활동(20～30분)으로 구성되었다. 연구결과는 첫째, 치료회기 내에서 아동들의 언어 및 행동이 긍정적으로 변화하였다. 둘째, 자아존중감이 긍정적으로 변화하였다.

The purpose of this study was to improve the self-esteem of children from the divorced families through the structured group therapy with reading activities. The children of divorce generally have poor self-esteem, and they can't efficiently cope with many negative emotional problems in their home, school, and social context. Thus the present study was designed to help the children be relaxed and express their feelings comfortably in the context of group situation through the structured group therapy because it could provide them acceptable and supportive surroundings. Especially, the present study focused on emotional relaxation, self-awareness, problem solving and frustration overcoming using reading activities. 6 subjects were referred to participate in this study by social worker, and they were randomly assigned to treatment group or control group of three. The experimental design of this study was pre-post design and the treatment program was consisted of 18 sessions (about 90 minutes per each session). Each session consisted of 4 parts of activities, that is, simple relaxation (15 minutes), reading (30～40 minutes), discussing (15 minutes), and free play (20～30 minutes). The significant results were as follows: (1) As predicted, the negative style of communication and/or behaviors were decreased gradually and appropriate communication and/or behaviors were increased as the sessions were going on. (2) They also showed improved self-esteem compared to pre-treatment phase.