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Objectives : This study aims to see whether arts therapy can have effects on female college students' flow experience. Methods : Thirty female students were chosen from K university in Kwangju. The subjects were classified evenly into two groups: an experiment group and a control group. A program of arts therapy had been applied to the first group. Arts therapy program has been done from September to October, 2008. The mean and standard deviation have been derived to make sure the effect, and One–Way ANOVA, ANCOVA through homogeneity test. Data processing was done by SPSS for window 14.0 in order to testify the effect of the research procedure. Results : The results are as follows : The arts therapy program affect immersion of female collage students. This effect is high in all cognitive and experimental aspects of immersion and the difference among groups is meaningful. Conclusion : The results of this study has suggested that the arts therapy program can improve the flow experience female students.

The purpose of this research was to see whether music therapy affects positively on some problems of the children with slight mental retardation: concentration problem and maladjusted behavior. Three children with the retardation were chosen as the subjects from an elementary school at Keumsan, Choongnam Province. They were selected for their age similarity and the common characters among them. We selected the children who were similar in age and general characteristics. This research has been operated through sixteen times of individual sessions for eight weeks. To see the changes in slight mentally retarded children's concentration and maladjustmentbehavior, AB-design in the research of reverse designed ways was used for the sixteen times of individual sessions. Also, I have done a comparative analysis after the revised edition of Conners teachers (CTRS-28) examination tool's marks. "The time of concentration"in the sessions was recorded in the way of duration recording and "the maladjustment behavior" was recorded in frequency recording. To supplement the weak points from the quantitative data of the standards used in the research, I have analyzed the response about the concentration and maladjustment behavior that had been shown from the children on the music therapy qualitatively. The results of this research are as follows: First of all, this music therapy program improved the concentration time of slight mentally retarded children. Second of all, this music therapy reduced the maladjustment behavior of slight mentally retarded children. Through this research, it implies that music therapy is needed for slight mentally retarded children's concentration and maladjustmentbehavior as a rehabilitation program. As a result, it has been confirmed that after music therapy, the concentrationtime of slight mentally retarded children's was improved and the maladjustment behavior of the children was reduced. Even though the changes of numerical value are just a few compared to the changes of behaviors has been observed during the sessions, it can be expected better results if the long term program is operated instead of this kind of short period program.

The purpose of this study was not only to see whether group cognitive-behavioral art therapy can have an effect on adolescent smoker's smoking, but also to provide basic data for further group cognitive-behavioral art therapy to prevent adolescents from smoking. That is, the data can be used for early education of stop-smoking or no-smoking. Subjects were students ranging from 10th to 12th year selected from a vocational high school in Pusan who are eleven students including two females. They receiving the total 10 sessions of art therapy, except for the preliminary interview session at the audiovisual archives within the school library during the period of May through June of 2007. Research instruments adopted are the tests of smoking impulse, life stress and amount of smoking and smoking quantity is measured in a self-reporting style. For data analysis, Repeated Measurement of One-Way ANOVA is taken on the results of pre-test, post-test, and follow-up test. The results from the study are as follows. First, cognitive-behavioral art therapy is no significant statistical difference to reduce the adolsecent smoker's impulse of smoking. Second, cognitive-behavioral art therapy is effective to reduce the adolsecent smoker's life stress. Third, cognitive-behavioral art therapy is effective to reduce adolsecent smokers' quantity or amount of smoking. Thus, it is inferable from the results described above that group art therapy applied to the no-smoking programs for adolescents turns out to be effective, and further studies on such programs are expected.

This study examined the meaning of arts psychotherapy through philosophical ground that can help promote the understanding of individual distinctiveness along with the common characteristics of the pursued five ideal vision of human from the perspective of understanding the human through arts psychotherapy. Based on the results of the exploration regarding the application measures to ensure the expansion of application of arts psychotherapy as a means of the therapy for autistic disorder and the mediation, the following conclusions were drawn: First, it is necessary to clarify the methods and processes of diagnosis and evaluation that considers the characteristics of arts psychotherapy mediation. Second, programs for arts psychotherapy need to be developed which has clear goals and is easier to ensure that children can have easy access to it in the ecological environment of children with autistic disorder, such as school, home, community, etc, rather than being provided at specific place and time. Third, mediation and therapies with validated effect, interconnective programs, and application programs should be developed. Fourth, measures should be explored to apply them to the curriculum. Fifth, programs should be developed which consider the characteristics of individual children, such as the presence of mental disorder, characteristics of the sensible reaction, the stage of growth and development, and others.

This is a study on the effects of art therapy program which aimed to improve a child's eye-flickering problem as a symptom of tic disorder, to reduce his depression level, and finally to develop his self-esteem. The target for this study was the 5th grade boy at an elementary school, "D" city, Jeollabukdo, who showed emotional and social problem behaviors, tic symptoms, low self-esteem and high depression level due to home problems. The program was carried out at E art therapy institution from January 21st, 2009 to July 1st, 2009. It was carried out 23 times for 50 minutes once a week. To find the change of his tic symptom, depression and self-esteem, behavior monitoring feedback, Korean Children's Depression Inventory, Self-esteem Measures, House, Tree, and People(HTP) drawing test were done before and after the program. The results were followings.: First, his tic symptoms were reduced after performing the art therapy program. Second, his low self-esteem was enhanced after performing the art therapy program. Third, his depression level was reduced after performing the art therapy program. These results indicate that the art therapy program is effective in reducing a child's tic behavior and depression and improving his self-esteem.