This study is, first, to check how effectively group art therapy based on reality therapy
can help the adolescents with learning disability acquire motivation for achievement and self
perception.
Study subjects are 21 first-graders of a vocational high school in K-city of Kyungbuk province, whose learning achievement belongs to the bottom 20% on the diagnosis test.
Total 21 students are divided into the experimental group of 11 and the control group of 10.
Research instruments are Park\'s Measure for Achievement Motivation (Sungjoo Park,
1986), and Jung\'s Measure for Self Perception (Jongjin Jung, 1996). For data analysis,
ANCOVA with the pre-test as common factor is taken.
The results of the study are as follows.
F irst, group art therapy w ith reality therapeutic approach has been effective for
achievement motivation of adolescents with learning disability.
Second, group art therapy with reality therapeutic approach has influenced positively on
self-perception of adolescents with learning disability. As to subcategories of self perception,
it gives influence on academic, emotional, and social self perception, but it gives no influence on physical self perception.
From the above results, group art therapy with reality therapeutic approach proves to be effective for achievement motivation and self perception of the adolescents with learning disabilities. Consequently, group art therapy programs can provide a useful alternative
method that gives some concrete help to the adolescents with learning disability who consider themselves as failure or being neglected.
Key Words : Reality Therapy, Group Art Therapy, Learning Disability, Achievement Motivation, Self-Perception