藝術治療團體對國小兒童情緒能力影響效果之研究

Study of Group Art Therapy's Effects on Children's Emotional Competence

本研究旨在探討藝術治療團體對國小兒童情緒能力之立即性及長期性輔導效果。本研究採單組前測－後測設計，團體共進行九週，每次二小時，參與成員為某國小九名四年級學生。量化部分：為檢視本團體之效果，研究採「國中小學生情緒能力量表」進行三次施測，時間分別在團體開始前、結束時，及結束後一個月後追蹤效果。成員結束時填寫回饋單，進行一次焦點團體訪談，瞭解成員參與後的改變。本研究發現本團體對兒童情緒能力有立即性輔導效果，情緒轉換能力與調節能力具有長期性輔導效果。研究結果以質性與量化資料輔助說明。最後，本研究根據研究結果與討論，提出具體建議，作為輔導應用與未來研究之參考。

The aim of this study is to probe into the immediate effect and long-term effect of group art therapy on emotional competency of elementary school students. The study used one-group pretest-posttest design, and the participants were Grade 4 students of some elementary school. In order to review the effect of the group, participants’ data on "Elementary School and Junior High School Students’ Emotional Competency Scale" were collected three times: before and after the group art therapy and a month after the therapy ended. In order to understand the participants’ status of changes after joining the group, the group’s participants also provided written feedback and a focused group interview was conducted as well. This study has found that group art therapy has immediate effect on children’s emotional competency. As for the long-term effect after one month’s process, there is a long-term counseling effect on the emotional transforming competency and emotional adjustment competency. Finally, in accordance with the above mentioned results and discussion of the study, a number of specific suggestions have been proposed, in order to serve as a reference for application of counseling and for future studies.