우울을 겪고 있는 성인초기여성의 미술치료 사례연구

Abstract

In this case study, a qualitative research was conducted with a female in her early adulthood with depression. Art therapy is used in this study to identify the factors causing and changing depression. This study aimed to see if art therapy was effective in reducing depression in the participant. The participant was a female in her early twenties with depression living in an urban area. The participant received art therapy, which ran a total of 16 sessions, once or twice a week. The instruments for this study included Kinetic House-Tree-Person Drawing and Kinetic Family Drawing. These drawing tests were administered before and after the therapy program. Data including verbatim and memos from each session and her drawings were analyzed using the matrix and network by Mile and Huberman (1994). In addition, supplementary tools such as a depression scale, sentence completion, KHTP, and KFD were utilized. This study found that factors causing depression were dysfunctional family relationships, the parents' negative parenting attitudes, the participant's negative feelings about herself, difficulty in inter-personal relations, suppressed feelings, and happenings in daily life. Second, through the therapy, the participant came to have positive attitude towards her family, positive attitudes towards herself, and positive perception of others. In addition, the analysis of the drawings and questionnaire showed the positive effects of art therapy on the participant's depression. Since only one participant was investigated in this study, for the findings of this study to be generalized, more studies of this kind investigating various populations need to be conducted