This study was to investigate the effect of group art therapy following social learning principles that
have on improving self efficacy and accomplishment motive in children of low-income household. In D city
and 20 children have been picked from 38 of grade 5-6 students who come from low-income families
participating in after-school program at N welfare center after analyzing the self efficacy measure and
accomplishment motive measure which reached below 70 points respectively. 10 of study subjects were
remotely placed into the experimental group and other 10 into the control group. For experimental group of
10 children were given group art therapy program following social learning principles twice a week, 60
minute per session and a total of 16 session. Before and after of the program has been measured for self
efficacy and accomplishment motive. The data were analyzed to manage statistics, and to find out the
measure on the effect of the program, each group's before and after measurement of average and standard
deviation were produced and initiated Repeated Measures ANOVA. The results, group art therapy following
social learning principles is effective in improving overall self efficacy and self-confidence, self-control
efficacy, assignment difficulty preference. And effect in improving overall accomplishment motive and social
accomplishment motive, but it did not give an effect in improving learning motive. In order words ,
although group art therapy following social learning principles did not have an effect on learning motive, it
appeared that it had positive effects on self efficacy and social accomplishment motive, and it is considered
an effective mediation method in improving self efficacy and social accomplishment motive on children
from low-income household.