The effect of art therapy on a 9-year-old leukemia girl''sphysical and psychological adjustment--A case study

• Main Author: 黃忠賢
• Other Authors: 陸雅青
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73576290261637615137

碩士 === 臺北市立師範學院 === 身心障礙教育研究所 === 91 === The main purposes of this study are to understand what the leukemia girl will encounter physically and psychologically during the treatment process and to explore the influences of art therapy intervention on the leukemia girl for adjusting herself to the situation physically and psychologically. During the process of the case study, the researcher could improve the experiences and abilities of art therapy intervention. Findings from the study could be of references for the medical and educational professionals. This study is to treat a 9-year-old leukemia girl as its subject by introducing an art therapy intervention mainly oriented toward the theory of Art as Therapy. By way of a case study, it is to apply interview assessment, observation and data analysis etc. to conduct this study. Principally, for each case, there is one about 30-minute session once a week with a totally 12-week individual art therapy intervention. The results of this study showed: (1) During the treatment process, the leukemia girl will encounter 12 items including: “continuity”, “activity”, “regularity”, “sense of reality”, “sleep”, “food”, “human interaction”, “emotion stability”, “initiation”, “degenerated behavior”, “sense of security” and “impulse control” etc. As for the special problems, the girl will counter 6 items including: “lying or cheating”, “having nightmare”, “screaming”, “biting nails”, “fighting or quarrelling” and “pains occurred due to no reason of treatment sessions or illnesses” etc. (2) Art therapy intervention may affect the girl’s physical and psychological adjustment in the following 7 items: “continuity”, “human interaction”, “emotion stability”, “initiation”, “sense of security”, “impulse control” and “biting nails”. And the effects of art therapy intervention in “activity”, “regularity”, “sense of reality”, “sleep”, “food”, “degenerated behavior”, “lying or cheating”, “having nightmare”, “screaming”, “fighting or quarrelling” and “pains occurred due to no reason of treatment sessions or illnesses” are not significant.