This studdy is to inquire into the effect of group art therapy on the self-esteem and the academic
motivation of the maladjusted adolescents in school. The study subjects were 16 maladjusted adolescents in
school, who were asked to have this group art therapy program under the counselling results for
maladjustment in school at Wee Center(Student Support Center) in G city. The eight adolescents were
arranged as the experimental group, and the other eight adolescents were arranged as the control group.
This group art therapy program was carried out during 10 sessions 90 minutes a session once a week from
September 2, 2011 to December 22, 2011. The measurement tools to verify the effect of this program were
the academic motivation scale and the self-esteem scale. In the analysis of the data materials, the
independent t-test was carried out for the homogeneity test between the groups. And the repeated measures
ANOVA was carried out to verify the effectiveness of this program. In case the intercation effect was
shown, the simple main effect was verified. The results of this study are as follows. Firstly, this group art
therapy program has a positive effect on the improvement of the self-esteem of the maladjusted adolescents
in school. Especially, this program has a effect in the whole category of the self-esteem and its
subcategories such as the total, social, schooling self-esteem. And it is found out that its effect lasted.
Secondly, in the effect of this program on the academic motivation of the maladjusted adolescents in school,
it is found out that this program has an effect in the continuous motivation only among the subcategories
of the academic motivation. Consequently, if the sessions of this group art therapy program are fully
provided for the maladjusted adolescents in school, this program will have more effectiveness on the
improvement of the self-esteem and the academic motivation of them.