This study was to examine the influence of group art therapy on the
adaptive behaviors of students with intellectual disabilities. The subjects in
this study were 12 selected high school boys and girls with intellectual
disabilities who resided in the province of J. In order to find the effects of
group art therapy on the adaptive behaviors of the students with intellectual
disabilities, their adaptive behaviors were tested in advance. And then, group
art therapy was provided for them in 20 sessions, twice a week. After this
therapy was offered, a posttest was conducted in the same way as the
pretest to see if there would be any changes in their adaptive behaviors. The
major findings of the study were as follows: First, the group art therapy had
an effective on the personal adaptive behaviors of the students with
intellectual disabilities. When the subfactors of their personal adaptive
behaviors were analyzed, there was a significant effect in habits and manner,
and no significant change was found in utterance vocal habit. Next, group
art therapy was effective at improving the social adaptive behaviors of the
students with intellectual disabilities as well. When the subfactors of their
social adaptive behaviors were analyzed, they made a significant effect in
untrustworthy, stereotyped behavior, self abusive. In contrast, there were no
significant changes in aggressive behavior, antisocial behavior, oppositional
behavior and atrophy behavior. The findings of the study suggest that the
group art therapy could be used as a way to bolster the adaptive behaviors
of students with intellectual disabilities.