Kim H, et al. - This study dealt with the scrutiny of the consequence of Mandala art therapy on subjective well-being, resilience, and hope among psychiatric inpatients. A positive upshot could be yielded by this therapy, on the hope of psychiatric inpatients. In order to determine its impact on the subjective well-being and resilience and other psychological constructs, advanced research was required.

Methods

• The eligible candidates were 36 people who had been treated as inpatients in a psychiatric ward at a university hospital in Seoul, South Korea.
• They were allocated into experimental and control groups.
• The experimental group was instructed to attend a total of 8 sessions of Mandala art therapy, twice per week, between August 11 and October 30, 2015.
• Measures of the three main variables were administered at pre-test and post-test in both groups.

Results

• A marked rise was noted in hope, among both groups.
• Nonetheless, the overall increase was greater in the experimental group (mean score of 9.5 and 15.3 at pre- and post-test, respectively) than in the control group (10.9 and 11.9).