The purpose of this study is to develop a tea culture therapy
program development for social adaptability improvement of Juvenile probationers. Juvenile probationers usually have been failed in proper social adaptation because of having serious psychological and social problems. Although there have been lots of cure programs for these juvenile probationers, the tea culture therapy program developed in this study are remarkably effective in improving their social adaptability. This study has employed a intervention research methods with 6 steps and has developed a complete program for a year. To verify the effectiveness of the program, quantitative and qualitative research has
taken together. 1st step is to analyze problems and to plan main projects. In this step, goals for developing the program are set. 2nd step is to collect various information for goals of the program and to determine the target group, type of programs, program facilitators, direction and
perspectives of the program, and expected impacts. 3rd step is for designing the program. In this step, all related information is incorporated and the prototype of the program is developed. Through the focus group interview with specialists and practitioners, practical and realistic data is collected and applied to program design. 4th step is
for preliminary development and experimlent. In this step, the program from designing in 3rd step is applied to a target group( juvenile probationers) to predict a possibility of improving social adaptation.
Before the actual experiment, the content validity of the program is checked from the results of the pre-test and the advisory of program specialists and tea culture therapy practitioners. In 5th step which is for evaluating and re-developing, verification of the effectiveness of the program is examined. The results of quantitative method shows that
general self-efficacy improves 11.5 points after the program
participation from 53.3(SD7.01) to 64.8(SD13.2) and social self-efficacy improves 4.8 points from 20.2(SD3.29) to 25.0(SD3.65). In self-control, the degree of seeking long-term satisfaction progresses 3.8 points after the program from 29.8(SD2.94) to 33.6(SD3.63) and the degree of seeking immediate satisfaction progresses 5.6 points from 30.5(SD2.55) to 36.1(SD3.0). For interpersonal relation, satisfaction improves 5 points after the program participation from 7.6(SD1.08) to 12.6(SD1.65), communications improve 5 points from 6.1(SD1.6) to 11.1(SDO.88), trust for others progresses 4 points from 5.5(SDO.97) to 9.5(SDO.53), affinity progresses 4.1 points from 5.0(SD1.5) to 9.1(SD1.1), sensitivity improves 2.5 points from 3.6(SD1.08) to 6.1(SD1.10), openness improves 6.6 points from 7. 8(SD2.44) to 14.4(SD1. 78), and understandabifity progresses 5.3 points from 7.7(SD1.06) to 13.0(SD1.50). Qualitative methods apply through all 10 sessions including pre-step, initial-step, mid-step, late-step, and final-step. The results show that after tea culture therapy program, juvenile probationers have brighter
appearance, natural and serious attitudes, control for their anger, and understanding the importance of family.
6th step, dissemination phase, is to spread the developed program to needed area. This tea culture therapy program should be continuously applied and re-examined in correction welfare area. To conclude, this study has a great meaning in the way that more realistic and effective program was developed through applying scientific arid systematic program development process in accordance
with intervention research method in order to complement program developing at the correctional social work field. Namely, it is proved that tea-culture therapy program can promote a harmonious body-mind-spiritual growth and provide the foundation of building up a sound self-identity to be able to conduce to social adaptabifity improvement of juvenile probationers. Therefore, the tea culture therapy program should be applied and extend in various government probation institutes, correction institutes, as well as social welfare organizations.