the effectiveness of expressive art group therapy on interactive self-efficacy of foster children

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Shiva ZarezadehKheibari ¹ (MA in Clinical Psychology)
Parvin Rafienia ² (PhD Semnan University Semnan, Iran)
S. Mohsen Asgharinekah ³ (PhD Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad, Iran)

Received: 2015-05-31 Accepted : 2015-05-31 Published : 2014-06-22

Keywords: expressive art group therapy, interactional self-efficacy, foster children,

Abstract :

the purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of expressive art group therapy on interactional selfefficacy of foster children. The research design was quasi-experimental (pretest-posttest control group). The sample consisted of 28 primary school parentless and mal-treated girls living in special centers for these children in the city of Mashhad using convenience sampling. The participants were assigned randomly into either experimental or control group. The participants completed the Children's Self-Efficacy for Peer Interaction Scale (Wheeler & Ladd, 1982) before intervention and one week after. The experimental group received expressive art group therapy for ten sessions (two 90 minutes sessions per week). The results of multivariate covariance analysis indicated that children of experimental group had better social self-efficacy in conflict situations and non-conflict situations than children of control group. The findings suggest that the expressive art group therapy may be contributed to the increase of self-efficacy in foster children