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An experience in the laughter therapy by elderly of senior citizen's center

일개 경로당 이용 노인의 웃음치료 참여 경험

  • Park, Hyun-Ju (Department of Nursing, Uiduk University) ;
  • An, Hyo-Ja (Department of Nursing, Dongshin University)
  • Received : 2016.08.29
  • Accepted : 2016.12.08
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to understand the fundamental aspects of the laughter therapy using the Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological method. Participants of this study included twelve elderly people-four men and eight women-who agreed to participate in this study underwent laughter therapy at a senior citizen's center. Data were collected through focus interviews, a literary work, and a work of art. The essential themes of this study are a healthy life (restoration of health, refreshed feeling), a happy life (stress relief, put idle thoughts out of one's mind, vitality in daily routine, double pleasure through laughter, re-juvenescence with reminiscence), and a wishful life (became optimistic while leaving behind suffering, look forward to things). Healthy life was defined as experiencing the basic motive power of life, happy life was defined as experiencing delightfulness through relationships with others and empathy, and wishful life was defined as experiencing an affirmative life integration through overcoming suffering from losses. In conclusion, laughter therapy showed to improve health, personal relations and life integration for elderly people. Therefore, utilization of laughter therapy will help to improve independence and self-esteem in elderly people.

본 연구는 일개 경로당 이용 노인의 웃음치료 경험의 본질과 의미를 이해하기 위하여 밴 매넌(Van Mannen)의 해석학적 현상학적 연구방법을 적용하였다. 연구참여자는 경로당에서 웃음치료를 경험했으며 연구참여에 동의한 총 12명(남 4명, 여 8명)이며, 연구참여자와의 면담과 문학 및 예술작품 등을 참조하여 자료를 수집하였다. 노인들의 웃음치료 경험에 대한 자료 분석을 통하여 노인들이 지향하는 삶은 건강한 삶(몸의 기운을 회복함, 기분이 맑아짐), 행복한 삶(스트레스를 해소함, 잡념을 잊게 함, 일상의 활력소가 생김, 함께 웃어서 배가되는 즐거움, 추억을 되살리며 젊어짐), 희망하는 삶(고통을 잊고 긍정적 마음을 가짐, 기대하는 일이 생김)의 구조로 의미화 됨을 알 수 있었다. 건강한 삶은 신체, 심리적으로 건강행위를 추구하는 삶의 근본적인 원동력에 대한 체험이고 행복한 삶은 타인과의 관계형성과 공감을 통해 기쁨을 창조하는 삶이며 마지막으로 희망하는 삶은 다양한 상실의 고통을 극복하고 삶을 긍정적으로 통합하는 체험이다. 결론적으로 노인들에게 웃음치료는 노인들의 건강, 대인관계 및 삶을 통합하도록 하였다. 따라서 노인들에게 웃음치료를 활용할 수 있다면 노인들의 독립심과 자존감을 향상하는데 도움이 될 것이다.

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