This study explores the potential of poetry therapy as a practical intervention to address identity confusion and psychological anxiety experienced by Korean-Chinese (Joseonjok) migrants in South Korea. Moving beyond conventional approaches that focus on trauma and adaptation stress, this research introduces a method that facilitates fundamental changes in emotion, thought, behavior, and perception through the narrative and symbolic power of poetry.
The study adopts the Buddhist psychological concept of the Five Aggregates (Skandhas) as a theoretical framework, emphasizing that identity is not a fixed essence but a dynamic construct formed through the interaction of multiple experiential elements. Based on this idea, a five-stage poetry therapy model was developed to guide participants through sequential transformation.
The results show that participants expressed suppressed emotions, gained insight into their perceptual patterns, and reconstructed past experiences with greater cognitive flexibility. Through imitation poetry writing, they began to shift their understanding of self from a passive stance to an active subjectivity. These processes?emotional expression, cognitive reframing, behavioral reflection, and perceptual renewal?led to meaningful movement toward identity reconstruction.
Ultimately, the study demonstrates that poetry therapy can be expanded beyond emotional consolation to function as a humanistic psychotherapeutic practice, offering migrant individuals a structured yet imaginative path to self-understanding and narrative healing.
동북아시아문화학회 [The Association of North-east Asian Cultures]
설립연도
2000
분야
복합학>학제간연구
소개
동북아시아 문화의 다양성과 정체성을 연구 토론하고, 지역내 문화 교류의 다양한 모습을 연구하고 문화변동의 큰 틀을 집적함으로써 우리 민족 문화 및 상대 민족의 문화적 터전을 이해하여 문화공동체적 특성을 계발하고 상호 관련성의 강화를 유도하는 학술활동을 통해 동북아시아의 문화발전에 이바지함.