Table 6.

A comparison of mean positive emotion scores before and after art therapy.

Positive emotion mean scores of children	(n = 24) Mean ±	Z score	p value
Before the 1st session	7.15 ± 2	−4.035	0.00
After the 1st session	8.8 ± 1.4
Before the 2nd session	7.3 ± 1.6	−4.333	0.00
After the 2nd session	9.07 ± 1.343
Before the 3rd session	7.56 ± 1.737	−3.888	0.00
After the 3rd session	8.90 ± 1.4
Before the 4th session	7.04 ± 1.68	−4.143	0.00
After the 4th session	9.01 ± 1.14
Positive emotion mean scores of parents
Before the 1st session	6.41 ± 1.5	−11.507b	0.00
After the 1st session	8.32 ± 1.53
Before the 2nd session	6.54 ± 1.88	−3.850	0.00
After the 2nd session	8.15 ± 0.9
Before the 3rd session	7.49 ± 2.2	−3.672	0.00
After the 3rd session	8.61 ± 1.1
Before the 4th session	7.12 ± 1.67	−4.233	0.00
After the 4th session	8.92 ± 1.58

*p < 0.05. **Wilcoxon test was applied.