This study investigated the effects of group art therapy program utilizing Lectio Divina, that is a way of
reading the Bible and has the stages of reading, meditation, prayer, and contemplation, on the spiritual
well-being and interpersonal relationships of middle-aged women. The study participants were recruited
person wishing to participate by notifying the “group art therapy that utilizes the Lectio Divina” for the
housewife of middle-aged women between 40 years and 65 years old that are a member of B local Catholic
church. 16 were designated as an experimental group and the other 16, who were difficult to participate in
the program, as a control group. Both the experimental group and the control group were composed of 2
groups as one by each 8. But 5 of the experimental group were excluded from the experimental date
because they participated at a much lower rate compared to the others. 11 of the experimental group was
used as the experimental date. The experimental group 1 received a 14 session program designed to
improve the spiritual well-being and interpersonal relationships from May 31 through September 30, 2013,
once a week, each session two hours long. The experimental group 2 received from October 28, 2013
through January 27, 2014.
The Spiritual Well-being Scale and Interpersonal Relationship Scale were used as a research tool. Data
were analyzed using Repeated measures ANOVA with groups(experimental and control) and test points
(before, after, and follow-up) as variables. When there were interactions, simple main effects were analyzed.
Duncan's multiple range test was used to compare the effects between groups and test periods. The study
found that the group art therapy program utilizing Lectio Divina was effective in improving the spiritual
well-being and interpersonal relationships.
This study is significant in that it explored the possibility of using group art therapy utilizing a Lectio
Divina in improving the spiritual well-being and interpersonal relationships.