본 연구에서는 노인의 분노조절 집단상담 프로그램 참여경험을 심층적으로 살펴보고자 하였다. 자료 수집은 ‘전문가 추천 사례 방식(reputational-cases selection)’으로 진행했고, 노인상담기관에서 진행 한 ‘분노조절 집단상담 프로그램’에 참여한 6명의 노인을 대상으로 프로그램 참여경험에 대한 심층면접 이 이루어졌다. 분석방법은 기노시타 야스히토(木下康仁)의 ‘수정근거이론(Modified Grounded Theory Approach)’을 활용했다. 분석결과 총 61개 개념, 23개의 하위범주, 9개의 상위범주로 발견되었고, 이를 두 개의 분석주제인 ‘분노경험’과 ‘분노조절 과정’으로 살펴보았다. 본 연구는 노인의 분노경험과 분노 조절 과정을 심층적으로 살펴볼 수 있었다는 점에서 의의가 있다. 또한 향후 노인의 분노조절을 지원하기 위한 프로그램 설계 및 보완에 경험적 자료로 활용될 것이며 개입방식의 효과성 검증 및 개입 방안을 제안하는데 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이다.

In this study, a horticultural therapy program was performed by employing the anger experienced by people during daily life activities in the emotion regulation strategy-based program to identify the influence of the horticultural program on anger control in the caregivers for patients with dementia. To measure this influence, two tools were used: a self-administered questionnaire survey, which is a subjective test, and an instrumental test, which can measure the physical index that detects the physical changes through anger. For the preliminary test, depression, stress, self-esteem, anxiety, and anger state-characteristic were tested using the self-administered questionnaire. For the follow-up test, the self-administered survey and the test using the physical index were performed in a manner similar to that of the preliminary test. The self-administered questionnaire comprised questions suitable to this study and considered the age, education level, and economic aspect of the subjects. The test results indicated that the experimental group subjected to the emotion regulation strategy-based horticultural therapy showed very significant reduction in depression and anger and significant reduction in stress, self-esteem, and anxiety. In the physical index test, the systolic and diastolic blood pressures were reduced, and the pulse rate and respiration rate reduced before and after the therapy, thus, proving the effectiveness of the therapy in anger control.

Purpose: This study examined how interpersonal relationship abilities in the elderly affected anger control abilities, as well as the mediating effects of generativity in the relationships between interpersonal relationships, anger control abilities, and self-integration. Research design, data and methodology: The study consisted of randomly selected 300 elderly people currently residing in welfare centers for the elderly, senior citizens colleges, social welfare facilities and other centers in the Seoul or Gyeonggi area. SPSS 23.0 was utilized for this study. Results: Through this research, the effect of interpersonal relationships on anger control ability and selfintegration was observed. Not only that, the effects of interpersonal relationship abilities on anger control and self-integration and the mediating role of generativity, was also closely examined. Conclusion: Anger control ability was found to have a direct positive effect on interpersonal relationship abilities. Anger control ability had a direct and positively correlated effect on self-integration. Additionally, ability to control anger was found to have a positive effect on generativity, and generativity was found to have a positive effect on interpersonal relationship ability, but it was not statistically significant. Anger control ability had a positive effect on generativity, and generativity had a positive effect on self-integration