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KMID : 1003020160170020086
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Qualitative Research
2016 Volume.17 No. 2 p.86 ~ p.98
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An Experience on Women’s Forgiveness Group Art Therapy
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Choi Ho-Jung
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the nature and meaning of the experience of the women who participated in the forgiveness group art therapy.
Methods: A phenomenological methods of van Manen’s perspective was adopted in this study. Participants in the study were the six women who participated in forgiveness group art therapy. Data were collected using, in-dept interviews with respective participants were conducted from Feb 2014 to Mar 2014 after they received forgiveness group art therapy.
Results: The five thematic statements in this study were as follows: ’Organized their feeling by keeping distance from the traumatic experiences and feeling’, ’Their fixed idea on the subjects of forgiveness changed’, ’They started exploring the pattern of their interpersonal relationship’, ’Their inner world was associated with the art media, ’ An artwork enabled them to handle their wounded heart’.
Conclusion: Forgiveness art therapy allows women not only to recognize the conception of forgiveness but to have a meaningful experience for treating wounded heart and reflecting their own attitude towards the whole life. This study is meaningful it that it has established a foundation for the forgiveness group art therapy.
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KEYWORD
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Forgiveness, Group art therapy, Forgiveness group art therapy, Artwork, Experience
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