예술치료사와 예술치료전문가의 연구윤리에 대한 인식 및 요구

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness and needs of arts therapists and arts therapy professionals for research ethics. This study includes 109 people who were 103 arts therapists and 6 arts therapy professionals. The arts therapists majored in arts therapy at graduate school and have working as therapists. After a survey was conducted on the arts therapists, the collected data were analyzed in consideration of background variables including academic credential, research experience, research ethics education experience and experience of publishing an article. And the arts therapy professionals were asked to give their opinions on the necessity of research ethics and which themes should be dealt with in research ethics for arts therapists. The major findings of the study were as follows: First of all, the arts therapists weren't well aware of research ethics in general. Next, whether there were any differences among them in research ethics awareness according to the themes of research ethics areas and their own background variables was analyzed. As a result, no significant differences were found in terms of confidentiality, plagiarism, redundant publication and the code of ethics for therapists according to the background variables. However, there were significant differences in terms of data management, author qualifications, conflicts of interests, data manipulation, the method of citation and the publication of findings according to the background variables. Finally, the awareness and needs of the arts therapy professionals were as follows: First, the arts therapy professionals were highly cognizant of the need for research ethics education. Second, as for the major areas of research ethics for arts therapists, they commented that research methodology including how to write a paper should be included as one of the major areas. Third, as to an educational institution of research ethics for arts therapists, they commented that a college or graduate school which was to education arts therapists would be most appropriate. Fourth, concerning the reason why research ethics was important for arts therapists, their opinion was that those whom arts therapists research were socially disadvantaged, and that it focused on humans. Fifth, regarding how to make research ethics take root among arts therapists, they stressed that not only the roles of educational institutions but those of related academic societies were of importance.