A Case of Writing-oriented Literary Therapy for Easing Anger Emotion – Focusing on Male Inmates of a Correctional Facility

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The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the literary therapy program , by utilizing writing, in reducing anger for male inmates in Korean correctional facilities. The program was carried out from March to December with the Cultural Cooperation Project of the Ministry of Justice in 2015. The subjects were twelve male inmates. In the literary therapyprogram the reduction of the anger emotion was analyzed. First, in terms of anger-out, it was confirmed that the level of anger-out was lower than before the program execution. Second, in terms of anger-in, it was confirmed that the level of anger-in was lower than before the program execution. Third, in terms of anger control, it was confirmed that the level of anger control was higher than before the program execution. Consequently, it can be said that the literary therapy program has a positive effect on anger emotion for male inmates because it reduces the levels of anger-out/in and improves the level of the anger control. In addition, in terms of the aspects of anger emotion, using the theme-based research analysis, it seems that the healing effect of writing has opened up a new horizon by integrating the wounded past with the recoverable present through the medium of literature.

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