The aim of this thesis is to confirm the effect of group art therapy with reality-therapeutic approach on
the ego identity and self-supporting volition of the institutionalized adolescents. The study objects are 12
institutionalized adolescents who resided in Institution located in D city. The six adolescents were arranged
as experiment group, and the other six adolescents were arranged as control group. The research tools were
Ego Identity Scale and Self-supporting Volitional Questionnaire. The group art therapy with realitytherapeutic
approach in this study was conducted for about 90~100 minutes at one or two sessions a week
during 17 total sessions from March 3, 2008 to June 15, 2008. For data analysis, SPSSWIN(Version 14.0) was
used. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, a nonparametric test, was carried out by the SPSSWIN. The preㆍpostㆍ
further test on the ego identity and self-supporting volition was carried out. The results are as follows.
Firstly, the group art therapy with reality-therapeutic approach is effective on the ego identity of the
institutionalized adolescents. Among the subordinate province, in ‘subjectivity’, ‘belief on the future’,
‘familiarity’ in the significant difference is shown. ‘In a score of self-acceptance’, ‘orientation for a goal,
self-driving ability, there is a comprehensive increasing, however the significant difference is not shown.
Secondly, the group art therapy with reality-therapeutic approach is effective on the self-supporting volition
of the institutionalized adolescents, and it is found out that the effectiveness is maintained. In conclusion, it
is certain that the group art therapy with reality-therapeutic approach is effective on the ego identity and
self-supporting volition, and the effectiveness is maintained. Therefore it does the institutionalized
adolescents good.