The purpose of this study is to see how an art therapy program can have influence on problem behavior―shriveling, anxiety/stress, social immaturity, lack of attention―of the children from single-father, families. The study subject is a 12 year old "single-father-family" girl in her 5th grade, attending OO Center for Children in Y city, who has shown problem behavior with shriveling, anxiety/stress, and peer-group stress.
Research tools adopted for the study are K-CBCL, K-HTP, and comparison between a
pre-test and a post-test for behavioral as well as linguistic characteristics based on direct
observation on her behavior. The results are as follows. First, according to the questionnaire of K-CBCL, art therapy turns out to be effective in helping her reduce the problem behavior of shriveling, anxiety/stress, social immaturity, and lack of attention.
Second, according to K-HTP drawing, the expressions related to the child's problem
behavior have changed positively in the post-test. Third, according to direct observation on
the child's behavioral changes, the child early in the therapy program displayed characteristics of shriven and anxious behavior with passive participation in class, but later
in the program she exhibited active and positive participation inducing positive changes in
her previous problem behavior.
Key Words : One Parent Family, Problem Behavior, Peer-Group Stress