An application of art therapy to education of female art students

KUMIKO MURAYAMA

doi:10.4992/psycholres1954.36.201

KUMIKO MURAYAMA

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Keywords: art therapy, female art students, expressive training

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1994 Volume 36 Issue 4 Pages 201-210

DOI https://doi.org/10.4992/psycholres1954.36.201

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Published: December 21, 1994 Received: December 09, 1991 Available on J-STAGE: February 24, 2009 Accepted: March 05, 1994 Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: ABSTRACT Details: Wrong : The present study evaluated a course that attempted to apply art therapy techniques to art education for female students. The Landscape Montage Technique was used to explain the art therapy theory, since its methods of interpretation were well established. The purpose of the nine-session course. “Expressive Training, ” in which seven pictures were drawn, was to encourage female students, from a psychological point of view, in the pursuit of their careers. First, students reproduced one of the best pictures they had painted in the past. Then, each drew two pictures of her “feelings now.” in this step, a focusing method was used to deal with the students' current problems. Finally, they drew an image of their future work. The Aesthetic Interest Test, a Self-Esteem Scale, and the K-H-T-P drawings were administered at the beginning and the end to evaluate the effects of the course, and the test scores generally improved. Additionally, students' impressions of their own works, rated along sixteen scales, showed that their pictures were seen as generally feminine, warm, bright, curvy and soft.
Right : The present study evaluated a course that attempted to apply art therapy techniques to art education for female students. The Landscape Montage Technique was used to explain the an therapy theory, since its methods of interpretation were well established. The purpose of the nine-session course.“Expressive Training, ” in which seven pictures were drawn, was to encourage female students, from a psychological point of view, in the pursuit of their careers. First, students reproduced one of the best pictures they had painted in the past. Then, each drew two pictures of her “feelings now.” In this step, a focusing method was used to deal with the students current problems. Finally, they drew an image of their future work. The Aesthetic Interest Test, a Self-Esteem Scale, and the K-H-T-P drawings were administered at the beginning and the end to evaluate the effects of the course, and the test scores generally improved. Additionally, students' impressions of their own works, rated along sixteen scales, showed that their pictures were seen as generally feminine, warm, bright, curvy and soft.

Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : Burns, R. C. 1987 Kinetic-House-Tree-Person Drawings (K-H-T-P): An interpretative manual. New York: Brunner-Mazel Publishers.
Caplan, P. J. 1989 Don't blame mother: Mending the mother-daughter relationship. New York: Harper & Row.
Gendlin, E. T. 1978 Focusing. New York: Bantam Books, Inc.
Lindauer, M. S. 1981 Aesthtic experience: A neglected topic in the psychology of the arts. In D. O'Hare (Ed.), Psychology and the art. Sussex: Harvester Press. Pp. 29-75.
Nakai, H. 1984 H. Nakai Landscape Montage Technique. In Y. Yamanaka (Ed.), Series of Hisao Nakai, Annex. Tokyo: Iwasaki Academic Press.
Rosenberg, M. 1965 Society and the adolescent selfifnage. Princeton University Press,
Selmen, L. R. 1980 The growth of interpersonal understanding. New York: Academic Press.

Right : Burns, R. C. 1987 Kinetic-House-Tree-Person Drawings (K-H-T-P): An interpretative manual. New York: Brunner-Mazel Publishers.
Caplan, P. J. 1989 Don't blame mother: Mending the mother-daughter relationship. New York: Harper & Row.
Gendlin, E. T. 1978 Focusing. New York: Bantam Books, Inc.
Lindauer, M. S. 1981 Aesthtic experience: A neglected topic in the psychology of the arts. In D. O'Hare (Ed.), Psychology and the art. Sussex: Harvester Press. pp.29-75.
Nakai, H. 1984 H. Nakai Landscape Montage Technique. In Y. Yamanaka (Ed.), Series of Hisao Nakai, Annex. Tokyo: Iwasaki Academic Press.
Rosenberg, M. 1965 Society and the adolescent selfimage. Princeton University Press.
Selmen, L. R. 1980 The growth of interpersonal understanding. New York: Academic Press.

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Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: ABSTRACT Details: Wrong : The present study evaluated a course that attempted to apply art therapy techniques to art education for female students. The Landscape Montage Technique was used to explain the an therapy theory, since its methods of interpretation were well established. The purpose of the nine-session course.“Expressive Training, ” in which seven pictures were drawn, was to encourage female students, from a psychological point of view, in the pursuit of their careers. First, students reproduced one of the best pictures they had painted in the past. Then, each drew two pictures of her “feelings now.” In this step, a focusing method was used to deal with the students current problems. Finally, they drew an image of their future work. The Aesthetic Interest Test, a Self-Esteem Scale, and the K-H-T-P drawings were administered at the beginning and the end to evaluate the effects of the course, and the test scores generally improved. Additionally, students' impressions of their own works, rated along sixteen scales, showed that their pictures were seen as generally feminine, warm, bright, curvy and soft.
Right : The present study evaluated a course that attempted to apply art therapy techniques to art education for female students. The Landscape Montage Technique was used to explain the an therapy theory, since its methods of interpretation were well established. The purpose of the nine-session course.“Expressive Training, ” in which seven pictures were drawn, was to encourage female students, from a psychological point of view, in the pursuit of their careers. First, students reproduced one of the best pictures they had painted in the past. Then, each drew two pictures of her “feelings now.” In this step, a focusing method was used to deal with the students' current problems. Finally, they drew an image of their future work. The Aesthetic Interest Test, a Self-Esteem Scale, and the K-H-T-P drawings were administered at the beginning and the end to evaluate the effects of the course, and the test scores generally improved. Additionally, students' impressions of their own works, rated along sixteen scales, showed that their pictures were seen as generally feminine, warm, bright, curvy and soft.

Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : Burns, R. C. 1987 Kinetic-House-Tree-Person Drawings (K-H-T-P): An interpretative manual. New York: Brunner-Mazel Publishers.
Caplan, P. J. 1989 Don't blame mother: Mending the mother-daughter relationship. New York: Harper & Row.
Gendlin, E. T. 1978 Focusing. New York: Bantam Books, Inc.
Lindauer, M. S. 1981 Aesthtic experience: A neglected topic in the psychology of the arts. In D. O'Hare (Ed.), Psychology and the art. Sussex: Harvester Press. pp.29-75.
Nakai, H. 1984 H. Nakai Landscape Montage Technique. In Y. Yamanaka (Ed.), Series of Hisao Nakai, Annex. Tokyo: Iwasaki Academic Press.
Rosenberg, M. 1965 Society and the adolescent selfimage. Princeton University Press.
Selmen, L. R. 1980 The growth of interpersonal understanding. New York: Academic Press.

Right : Burns, R. C. 1987 Kinetic-House-Tree-Person Drawings (K-H-T-P): An interpretative manual. New York: Brunner-Mazel Publishers.
Caplan, P. J. 1989 Don't blame mother: Mending the mother-daughter relationship. New York: Harper & Row.
Gendlin, E. T. 1978 Focusing. New York: Bantam Books, Inc.
Lindauer, M. S. 1981 Aesthtic experience: A neglected topic in the psychology of the arts. In D. O'Hare (Ed.), Psychology and the art. Sussex: Harvester Press. Pp.29-75.
Nakai, H. 1984 H. Nakai Landscape Montage Technique. In Y. Yamanaka (Ed.), Series of Hisao Nakai, Annex. Tokyo: Iwasaki Academic Press.
Rosenberg, M. 1965 Society and the adolescent selfimage. Princeton University Press.
Selmen, L. R. 1980 The growth of interpersonal understanding. New York: Academic Press.

Abstract

The present study evaluated a course that attempted to apply art therapy techniques to art education for female students. The Landscape Montage Technique was used to explain the an therapy theory, since its methods of interpretation were well established. The purpose of the nine-session course.“Expressive Training, ” in which seven pictures were drawn, was to encourage female students, from a psychological point of view, in the pursuit of their careers. First, students reproduced one of the best pictures they had painted in the past. Then, each drew two pictures of her “feelings now.” In this step, a focusing method was used to deal with the students' current problems. Finally, they drew an image of their future work. The Aesthetic Interest Test, a Self-Esteem Scale, and the K-H-T-P drawings were administered at the beginning and the end to evaluate the effects of the course, and the test scores generally improved. Additionally, students' impressions of their own works, rated along sixteen scales, showed that their pictures were seen as generally feminine, warm, bright, curvy and soft.

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