운동프로그램이 뇌성마비인의 자아존중감(Self-Esteem)에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of exercising program on self-esteem for people with cerebral palsy. The exercising program was the Hwal In Shim Bang exercising program of Lee Hwang with the pen name of Twaegae. The Hwal In Shim Bang exercising program was applied to the experiment group for 50 minutes 3times a week for a total of 12 weeks and the subject of this study was 16 male and female high school students in a special school from 17 to 25 years of age(8 students in the experiment group and 8 students in the control group). In order to verify the effectiveness of exercising program, the self-esteem inventory were conducted before and after exercising program.

The results were summerized as follows; 1. The self-esteem before and after applying the Hwal In Shim Bang exercising program, there was significant difference in the general self-esteem field (t=7.20, p<.001), study accomplishment field (t=4.97, p<.01), social acceptance field (t=2.76, p<.05), physical expression field (t=3.33, p<.05), characteristics of actions (t=4.26, p<.01), motor fitness field (t=3.55, p<.01) and the whole of self-esteem (t=11.50, p<.001) in the experiment group. 2. The self-esteem before and after applying the Hwal In Shim Bang exercising program, there was no significant difference in all six fields of self-esteem and self-esteem on the whole in the control group.

With the above results, it can be concluded that the Hwal In Shim Bang exercising program is a effective exercising program for increasing the self-esteem of people with cerebral palsy with the physical and psychological defect.