Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology (한국환경생태학회지)

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A Psychological Phenomena Analysis of People who have experienced Healing in the Forest

숲에서 치유를 경험한 사람들의 심리현상 분석

  • 오경희 (충북대학교 대학원 산림치유학과) ;
  • 김동준 (충북대학교 대학원 산림학과) ;
  • 연평식 (충북대학교 대학원 산림치유학과)
  • Received : 2016.02.16
  • Accepted : 2016.04.08
  • Published : 2016.04.29
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Abstract

This study was performed to investigate main psychological phenomena and healing process through qualitative analysis on the 115 handwriting healing experience in the forest. Main psychological phenomena experienced in the forest were important in order happiness, comfort, and understanding. The process of healing in the forest was first characterized by emotional changes, and was led to cognitive changes and behavioral changes. Healing stage of the forest has followed with six steps of stimulus, accommodating, purification, insight, filling, and change. This process was associated with nature sympathetic, rapport with oneself, and with the world. Previous studies, which were focused on the measurement of transient state after the comparative study between control and experimental groups, could not verify the continuity and process of psychological healing. this study suggests a new approach to understand the subjective psychological phenomena and healing processes in the forest, and will be a basis for developing and performing of forest healing program.

본 연구는 숲에서 치유를 경험한 사람들의 체험수기 115편을 질적 분석하여, 숲 치유로 나타나는 핵심 심리현상과 치유의 과정을 추적하기 위하여 수행되었다. 숲 치유 과정에서 경험하는 핵심 심리현상은 <행복감> <편안함> <깨달음>의 순이었으며, 숲 치유의 과정은 <정서적 변화>를 먼저 경험한 후에 <인지적 변화>와 <행동의 변화>로 이끌어지는 경향을 나타내었다. 숲에서의 치유단계는 시간의 흐름에 따라 <자극단계> <수용단계> <정화단계> <통찰단계> <채움단계> <변화단계>의 6단계 과정을 거쳤으며, 이러한 과정은 <자연과의 교감> <자신과의 교감> <세상과의 소통>이라는 기제를 통해 치유가 진전되는 것으로 확인되었다. 기존의 연구는 주로 집단프로그램에 의한 비교 연구와 체험후의 일시적 상태의 측정으로 결과를 도출하여 효과의 지속성이나 심리적 변화 과정을 검증할 수 없는 한계가 존재하였다. 본 연구는 기존의 양적 연구의 한계를 보완하여 개인적 심리현상과 치유과정 등을 통합적으로 이해할 수 있는 방법을 제안하였으며, 연구 결과가 산림치유의 메커니즘을 밝히고 산림치유 프로그램 개발이나 실행에 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

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