The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of maum meditation program on depression, anxiety and self-esteem of the children and the juveniles. The research is based on the one-group pretest-posttest design. The data were collected from the questionnaires for the 467 children and juveniles who participated in the maum meditation program. Instruments were depression developed by Sim(1989), anxiety by Lee(2003), and self-esteem by Im(20031). The data were analyzed as descriptive statistics, paired t-test, t-test, ANOVA and Scheffe test using SPSS 17.0. The score of depression and anxiety in the children before the maum meditation program was significantly decreased after the program. The score of self-esteem of them was significantly increased after the program. The score of depression in the middle school students(14-16yr) was significantly decreased after the program. The score of self-esteem of the middle school students(14-16yr) and high school students were increased. These results indicates that maum meditation program was effective for changing children and juveniles' depression and anxiety, and it contributed to the enhancement of self-esteem.
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