• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.426-436
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• 2020

This study analyzed research trends of 62 master's/doctoral dissertations and 17 journals, total of 79, related art therapy studies on middle-aged from 2000 to 2019 in Korea. The research trends were analyzed by classifying them into year, research targets, research content and research method. The results are as follows; Research of art therapy studies on middle-aged shows growing tendency. Study on women and the size of 6-10 participants were the most frequent. Mixed techniques have been used as the main treatment techniques. Integrated research method, experimental/control groups design was the most frequently adopted. This study is considered meaningful in that it provides basic data and the future direction of the research on art therapy for the middle-aged people.

• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.33-40
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• 2020

When most middle-aged women live in a time when they have to take responsibility for their lives, they feel lonely when they realize that their experience of not expressing their feelings properly has ended up being left alone due to their own existence and loss. As the first step in conscious awareness of unconsciousness of middle-aged women through analytical psychology, we performed "Mandara" and "Nanhwa Mandara," which meet me inside. The intermediate stage can be divided into transition and work phase. The working phase, develops one's own advantages and unique strengths that meet the inner world of promoting and acting values, correctly looks at reality, corrects emotion perception and balance, and is self-contained, seed mandala, associative mandala. They performed the strong points of mandala, the free mandala, and the Western mandala. The results of the study showed that mandala art therapy was found in middle-aged women. First, Mandarin art therapy experience affects the physical, psychological and human relations aspects of middle-aged women. Second, middle-aged women's experience of individualization through mandala art therapy shows psychological reversals and affects positive thinking and self-effectiveness. This study was suitable for qualitative research that approached the essence through practical understanding and direct exploration of research participants, and it is meaningful to suggest that it is necessary to develop an art therapy program through various mediums considering the lack of art therapy research in middle-aged women and problems experienced by the physician.