The Journal of the Korean Institute of Forest Recreation (한국산림휴양학회지)

Korean Institute of Forest Recreation Welfare (한국산림휴양복지학회)
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Drawing of Healing Factors by Analysis of Forest Therapy Memoir

산림치유 수기 분석을 통한 치유인자 도출

  • Received : 2018.03.07
  • Accepted : 2018.04.05
  • Published : 2018.04.30

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Abstract

This study was performed to draw various healing factors and to investigate the degree of importance and the differences in the healing factors according to symptoms through forest therapy memoir. The 34 memoirs analyzed were classified into 9 categories according to their symptoms. Among the 42,585 words used in the memoirs, all the words judged as healing factors were drawn and compared. As a result, 189 words related to forest healing were drawn and divided into 24 word categories. The frequency of words used in the forest healing process are in the order of mind> mountain> forest> tree> feeling> exercise> nature> taste sence> hearing sence> sight sence> flower> substance> place> touch sense. These word groups are accounted for more than 85% of the total. According to the symptoms, the characteristics of the words expressed in the memoirs were different. In the relationship problems, the proportion of factors related to the mind, mountain, forest, and tree were high, and in the case of cerebral infarction, the proportion of factors related to the mind, mountain, forest, exercise, and nature were high. In the mind problems, there were many words related to the mind, mountain and tree, and in the ADHD and tic disorders, cancer, and addiction, there were many words related to the mind, mountain, and forests. Especially, in the case of cancer, there were more words related to taste and hearing sense than other symptoms. In the case of addictions, there are many words related to feelings. In memoirs of rehabilitation, there were many words related to mountain, exercise, taste sense and place, and in the skin problems, the proportion of expression related to forest, feeling, touch, and facility was high. In depression, expressions related to mind, forest, and taste sense was relatively more than other symptoms. In conclusion, as the mind factor, the natural factor, the five-sensory factor, and the exercise factor are very important in the forest healing, it is expected that the healing effect will be improved if the forest healing program is constructed considering the proportion of the healing factors expressed in the healing memoirs.

본 연구에서는 산림치유 수기를 통하여 다양한 치유인자를 도출하고 치유인자별 중요성의 경중과 증상별 치유인자의 차이를 알아보고자 하였다. 분석대상 수기 34편은 증상별로 9가지로 분류하였으며, 수기에 사용된 42,585개의 낱말 중 치유인자로 판단되는 낱말을 모두 추출하여 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과 산림치유 관련 낱말 189개를 도출하고, 이를 24개의 카테고리로 구분하여 출현빈도를 비교하였다. 산림치유 수기에 쓰인 낱말의 출현빈도는 마음> 산> 숲> 나무> 느낌> 운동> 자연> 미각> 청각> 시각> 꽃> 물질> 장소> 촉각과 관련된 낱말순으로 나타났으며 이들이 전체의 85% 이상을 차지하였다. 증상에 따라서도 수기에 표현된 낱말의 특성이 다르게 나타났다. 관계의 문제에서는 마음, 산, 숲, 나무와 관련된 인자의 비중이 높게 나타났으며, 뇌경색의 경우는 마음, 산, 숲, 운동, 자연과 관련된 인자의 비중이 높게 나타났다. 마음 치유에 관한 수기에서는 마음, 산, 나무와 관련된 낱말의 비중이 높게 나타났으며, 아동들의 심신 문제와 암, 중독에 관한 수기에서는 마음, 산, 숲에 관련된 인자의 비중이 높았다. 특히 암의 경우 다른 증상에 비해 미각과 청각에 관련된 낱말이 많았으며, 중독의 경우에는 느낌과 관련된 낱말이 많았다. 재활에 관한 수기에서는 산, 운동, 미각, 장소에 관련된 낱말의 비중이 높게 나타났으며, 피부문제에 관한 수기에서는 숲, 느낌, 촉감, 시설에 관련된 표현의 비중이 높았다. 우울증에 관한 수기에서는 마음, 숲, 미각에 관련된 표현의 비중이 다른 증상에 비해 상대적으로 높았다. 결론적으로 산림치유에서는 마음요소와 자연요소, 오감요소, 운동요소가 매우 중요하며, 증상별로도 치유수기에서 표현되는 치유인자의 비중이 다르기 때문에 이를 고려하여 산림치유 프로그램을 구성한다면 치유효과를 높일 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : 충북대학교

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