본 연구는 자활사업참여자들의 임파워먼트 향상을 위해 긍정심리치료기법에 기반한 집단프로그램을 개발하고 그 효과를 검증하고자 하는데 목적이 있다. 연구는 기초조사를 통한 프로그램 개발과 실험-통제집단, 사전-사후검사 연구설계로 이루어졌다. 연구 대상은 A시 지역자활센터의 자활사업참여 자로 프로그램 참여의사가 있는 두 사업단을 대상으로 프로그램이 실시되었다. 프로그램의 효과를 검증하는 자료는 실험집단 25명, 통제집단 25명으로 최종적으로 50명을 대상으로 효과를 검증하였다. 연구도구는 임파워먼트 척도, 주관적 안녕감 척도를 사용하였다. 프로그램의 구성은 기초연구결과 임파워먼트와 상관관계가 높은 것으로 나타난 심리적 안녕감의 하위요인 중 ‘자기수용’, ‘대인관계’, ‘자율성’, ‘환경에 대한 지배력’, ‘삶의 목적’, ‘개인적 성장’, ‘미래의 구체적 설계’의 7개의 요소로 설정하였다. 프로그램의 효과성 검증 결과, 개발된 프로그램은 임파워먼트, 주관적 안녕감 증진에 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다.
This study is intended to development a group counseling program based on positive psychology in order to increase the empowerment of participants in self-support projects, and to verify its effectiveness. The program is intended to intensify the participants` will to support themselves and ultimately to increase their satisfaction with living by helping them to recognize and practice ways of living a happy life in their everyday lives, and also in the realities of self-support, and to maximize their empowerment ability. For the verification of the validity of the program`s components, some experts in counselling and social work were asked to estimate the program components, giving a high validity score of .95. The program was conducted by two project groups willing to participate in the program at the Regional Self-Support Center located in the city of A. The research designs used for this study were ``2×2 One Between-One Within Subjects Mixed Designs` in which a before-examination and an after-examination of each group are controlled. To verify the effectiveness of the program, this study has measured the influence of the positive psychotherapy program on increasing the empowerment of the participants in the self-support program, and also on their subjective well-being. The study results are as follows. First, the positive psychotherapy program was found to be effective in increasing the empowerment of the participants in the self-support program. Next, the positive psychotherapy program was found to be effective in improving subjective well-being.