Effects of Logotherapy on Life Respect, Meaning of Life, and Depression of Older School-age Children

Kang, Kyung-Ah; Kim, Shin-Jeong; Song, Mi-Kyung; Kim, Mi-Jeong

doi:10.4040/jkan.2013.43.1.91

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2013 Feb;43(1):91-101. Korean.
Published online Feb 28, 2013.
https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.1.91

Original Article

Effects of Logotherapy on Life Respect, Meaning of Life, and Depression of Older School-age Children

Kyung-Ah Kang,¹ Shin-Jeong Kim,² Mi-Kyung Song,³ and Mi-Jeong Kim⁴

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- ¹Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
- ²Department of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.
- ³Mundeok Elementary School, Pohang, Korea.
- ⁴Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
Address reprint requests to: Kim, Shin-Jeong. Department of Nursing, Hallym University, 1 Okchun-dong, Chunchon, Kwangwon-do 200-702, Korea. Tel: +82-33-248-2721, Fax: +82-33-248-2734, Email: ksj@hallym.ac.kr

Received May 16, 2012; Accepted October 30, 2012.

Abstract

Purpose

This study was done to identify effects of a life-esteemed education applied logotherapy on life respect, meaning of life, and depression on older elementary school students.

Methods

A nonequivalent control group and non-synchronized design was conducted with a convenience sample of 142 students. The program named 'My Precious Life'. consisted of one session per week for five weeks. Students were assigned to the experimental group (n=70) or the control group (72). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, t-test, and repeated measured ANOVA with the SPSS/PC 18.0 program.

Results

Meaning of life and life respect increased significantly and depression decreased significantly for participants in the experimental group.

Conclusion

The results of the study indicate that life-esteemed education applied logotherapy is effective in improving meaning of life and life respect and in decreasing depression in elementary school students. It can also be used to prevent existential distress and to intervene as a motif for having hope in life.

Keywords

Child; Life; Depression; Psychotherapy

Figures

Figure 1
The change of life respect by group and time.

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Figure 2
The change of meaning of life by group and time.

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Figure 3
The change of depression by group and time.

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Tables

Table 1
Finding Meaning of Life Program for the Life Respect Education of Elementary School Students

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Table 2
Homogeneity of General Characteristics

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Table 3
Homogeneity Test for Pretest between Groups

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Table 4
Comparison of Life Respect, Meaning of Life, and Depression over the Time between Groups (N=142)

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Notes

This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010-0027987).

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