Yin Yue, Ko Kyung Soon
Kunming University, Kunming, China.
Department of Creative Arts Therapy, Jeonju University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jul 20;14:1179778. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1179778. eCollection 2023.
Research has shown that international students, specifically Chinese graduate students in South Korea, are vulnerable to stress and depression because of various factors. These include environmental changes, economic constraints, interpersonal difficulties, discrimination, and cultural conflict.
This study investigates the effectiveness of group art therapy in reducing acculturative stress and academic stress among Chinese graduate students in South Korea.
Thirty participants were recruited and randomly assigned to the experimental ( = 15) and control groups ( = 15). The experimental group received eight 120-min sessions of group art therapy. Both groups were tested for acculturative stress (perceived discrimination, homesickness, perceived hate, fear, stress due to change/culture shock) and academic stress (schoolwork stress, future stress, social stress, living environment stress) before and after the art therapy intervention. Results were compared using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
The results showed that there was a significantly greater reduction in acculturative and academic stress in the experimental than the control group.
Group art therapy can provide psychological and emotional support to international students studying abroad.
研究表明，国际学生，尤其是在韩国的中国研究生，由于各种因素容易受到压力和抑郁的影响。这些因素包括环境变化、经济限制、人际困难、歧视和文化冲突。
本研究调查团体艺术疗法对减轻在韩国的中国研究生的文化适应压力和学业压力的有效性。
招募了30名参与者，并随机分为实验组（n = 15）和对照组（n = 15）。实验组接受了八次120分钟的团体艺术疗法课程。两组在艺术疗法干预前后均接受了文化适应压力（感知到的歧视、思乡、感知到的仇恨、恐惧、因变化/文化冲击导致的压力）和学业压力（课业压力、未来压力、社交压力、生活环境压力）测试。使用曼-惠特尼U检验和威尔科克森符号秩检验比较结果。
结果表明，实验组的文化适应压力和学业压力的减轻程度明显大于对照组。
团体艺术疗法可以为出国留学的学生提供心理和情感支持。
