IMPACT OF THE EXPRESSIVE ART THERAPY METHOD ON THE FEELING OF FEAR
DIŞAVURUMCU SANAT TERAPİ YÖNTEMİNİN KORKU DUYGUSU ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ

Author : Emine Gülriz AKAROĞLU -Aysel KOÇ -Ulya TEKBAŞ -Hümeyra Nur ŞEN -Şeyda Nur ERDOĞAN
Number of pages : 357-383

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reduce the feelings of fear and to examine the drawings of the earthquake survivors of different age groups, who were affected by the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake that occurred on February 6, 2023, with the expressive art therapy method in order to develop human relations and socialize them. The training provided was carried out with a total of 2 different groups, each session lasting 180 minutes. The training program, which was planned for 10 days, was terminated on the 5th day because the families of earthquake victims were placed in different KYK dormitories. Warming up, story creation, drawings of horror figures and evaluation activities in this study were carried out on the second day of the planned training. Activities in the expressive art method based on developing human relations and socialization were taken from the art therapy book written by Olcay Güler and Nur Dinçer Genç by integrating. The study group was carried out with 40 volunteer participants aged between 6 and 15 who migrated to the province of Konya using the random sampling method. A semi-structured interview form prepared by the researchers was used as a data collection tool in this study. Content analysis method was used to analyze the data. According to the results, it was determined that 91.67% of the earthquake survivors did not share their fears with anyone, they were tense, generally unhappy and closed to communication before the training based on developing human relations and socialization. The fear experienced during the training was felt in their hearts with a rate of 61.11% at most, 38.89% drew the fear of earthquakes in their paintings, 61.11% did not paint them, 8.33% went outside the specified limit in the drawing,  on the other hand, 91.67%, of them did not go out of the border, 41.67% of them overcame their fears, and when they were afraid 58.33% of them escaped from their fears and in the process of making the horror figures funny while 66.67% of the 36 participants painted funny figures, It was concluded that 33.33 % of them did not draw funny figures on their pictures. At the end of the training, feedback was received from the participants, who did not share their feelings and fears before, that they shared their feelings and fears, that they felt more comfortable, that they became more open to communication with the sentences they used, and that their fears decreased, that they were less afraid or that they would not be afraid by remembering the funny versions of their fears when they were afraid.

Keywords

Earthquake, Developing Human Relations, Fear, Socialization.

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