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Effects Of Collective Art Therapy on The Depression, Communication, Self-Efficacy, and the Subjective Happiness of the Elderly with Dementia

  • Industry Promotion Research
  • Abbr : IPR
  • 2021, 6(4), pp.59-68
  • DOI : 10.21186/IPR.2021.6.4.059
  • Publisher : Industrial Promotion Institute
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Interdisciplinary Research
  • Received : October 11, 2021
  • Accepted : October 27, 2021
  • Published : October 31, 2021

Gyoung Hwa Kim 1

1단국대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study has identified the effect of reminiscence-based collective art therapy on the depression, interpersonal relationships, and the subjective sense of happiness among the elderly with dementia. The study was conducted on 30 volunteers with dementia aged 65 or older attending the S Weekly Care Center located in S-gun as subjects during the period between November 7, 2020 and January 2, 2021 with one session week for a total of 12 sessions. The SPSS 24.0 statistics program has been used for various data analyses, including confidence verification, cross tabulation analysis independent sample T-test, 3×2 multi-variant analysis, and the intergroup independent sample T-test between the groups. The study findings are as follows, First, the collective art therapy based on reminiscence therapy is effective in reducing the depression among the elderly with dementia. Second, the collective art therapy based on reminiscence therapy is effective in promoting interpersonal relationships among the elderly with dementia. Third, the collective art therapy based on reminiscence therapy is effective in improving the subjective sense of happiness among the elderly with dementia. These study findings are meaningful in that they have provided an informative basic data on the reminiscence-based collective art therapy.

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