Kim Ju-Hye, Choe Kwisoon, Lee Kyoungsook
Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea.
Healthcare (Basel). 2020 Oct 24;8(4):428. doi: 10.3390/healthcare8040428.
Persons with mental illness often have low self-esteem, a lack of self-expression, and poor social skills. This study used a quasi-experimental two-group pre-test-post-test design to investigate the effects of food art therapy on the self-esteem, self-expression, and social skills of persons with mental illness attending community rehabilitation facilities. The authors recruited persons with mental illness aged 18 years or older attending three community rehabilitation facilities. Participants in two rehabilitation facilities participated in food art therapy (experimental groups 1 and 2; = 15 for each group), and participants in the third rehabilitation facility participated in regular programs of the facility (control group, = 30). Participants in the experimental groups attended a total of eight sessions of food art therapy twice per week for four weeks. The Korean versions of the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, self-expression scale, and social skill rating system were administered at pre- and post-test in both the experimental and control groups. The self-esteem, self-expression, and social skills of the experimental group improved significantly compared to the control group. The findings suggested that food art therapy would be an excellent psychosocial intervention to help persons with mental illness to rehabilitate in the community.
患有精神疾病的人往往自尊心较低、缺乏自我表达能力且社交技能较差。本研究采用准实验性两组前后测设计，以调查食物艺术疗法对在社区康复机构接受治疗的精神疾病患者的自尊、自我表达和社交技能的影响。作者招募了年龄在18岁及以上、在三家社区康复机构接受治疗的精神疾病患者。两家康复机构的参与者参加了食物艺术疗法（实验组1和实验组2；每组n = 15），第三家康复机构的参与者参加了该机构的常规项目（对照组，n = 30）。实验组的参与者总共参加了八次食物艺术疗法课程，每周两次，共四周。在实验组和对照组的前后测中，均使用了罗森伯格自尊量表、自我表达量表和社交技能评定系统的韩语版本。与对照组相比，实验组的自尊、自我表达和社交技能有显著改善。研究结果表明，食物艺术疗法将是一种出色的社会心理干预措施，有助于精神疾病患者在社区中康复。
