Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science (한국문헌정보학회지)

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A Study on Bibliotherapy for Depressed Older Adults

노인의 우울증 해소를 위한 독서요법연구

  • 유혜숙 (중앙대학교 문헌정보학과)
  • Published : 1999.03.01
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Abstract

This research aimed at the investigation of the effectiveness of bibliotherapy for depressed older adults 65 years of age and older, The efficacy between interactive bibliotherapy and reading bibliotherapy was also compared and analysed. For implementing the research, 22 subjects, aged 65 or over. were recruited from the community on a volunteer basis to Participate in a bibliotherapy program. Initial screening of potential participants was conducted by testing the measurement of depression. Experiment results were analyzed via t-ananlysis(SD, P, T) and $2\times3(Group{\times}Time)$ between and within ANOVA calculated by SPSS program. The results of the analyses supported hypotheses 1, 2, and 3, focusing the efficacy of interactive bibliotherapy as well as reading bibliotherapy. The analysis of hypothesis 4 was revealed that the effectiveness of interactive bibliotherapy was superior to that of reading bibliotherapy in the score of BDI and HRSD, while there was no statistical significance in the score of DAS.

경미한 우울증을 겪고 있는 65세 이상의 노인을 대상으로 독서요법의 효과를 실험하였다. 상호협력적 독서요법과 독자적 독서요법의 효과를 비교하여 분석하였다. 우울증 검사척도표(BDI, HRSD, DAS)를 사용하여 대상자를 선정하였으며, 실험은 상호협력적 독서요법을 시행하는 집단과 독자적 독서요법을 시행하는 집단으로 나누어 총 4개월간 진행되었다. 가설검증을 위해 SPSS를 통한 T-검증과 이원분산분석을 사용하였다. 실험결과는 우울증 해소에 독서요법이 효과가 있으며, 독자적 독서요법에 비해 상호협력적 독서요법의 효과가 월등한 것으로 나타났다.

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