Objectives: The objective of this study is to describe the development of Hwa-byung, participation experience of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) group program and recognition about future prognosis of Hwa-byung patients. Methods: Five Hwa-byung patients have participated in the four weeks pro...
Objectives: The objective of this study is to describe the development of Hwa-byung, participation experience of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) group program and recognition about future prognosis of Hwa-byung patients. Methods: Five Hwa-byung patients have participated in the four weeks program of EFT group treatment. Four weeks after the end of EFT group program, participants were interviewed semi-structurally and qualitative analysis was conducted. In particular, Giorgi’s phenomenological methodology was used. Results: First, hwa-byung patients were classified into 2 types, repressive type and eruptive type according to their expression patterns. They were chronically suffered by various persistent factors and were not actively treated. This is due to the lack of information on hwa-byung treatment and the misconceptions of patients on hwa-byung. Second, hwa-byung patients experience doubts, symptom relief, limit/frustration, self-control/acceptance, and self-esteem improvement through the EFT program. Symptom relief was experienced as cool and calm. Tapping was effective in the repressive type, and affirmation was effective in eruption type. Third, the perception of the future was ‘It's up to me' and 'I can not escape', and the repressive types tend to think they can not escape, and the eruption types tend to think 'It depends on me'. Patients' future coping strategies appeared to be mind-control, avoidance, and seeking professional treatment. Conclusions: The new findings in this study is that the effect of treatment may be different depending on the type of hwa-byung pattern. This result needs to be confirmed more clearly through further studies. According to the results of this study, it may be possible to apply different treatments considering the type of hwa-byung pattern in clinical practice and clinical trials.
Objectives: The objective of this study is to describe the development of Hwa-byung, participation experience of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) group program and recognition about future prognosis of Hwa-byung patients. Methods: Five Hwa-byung patients have participated in the four weeks program of EFT group treatment. Four weeks after the end of EFT group program, participants were interviewed semi-structurally and qualitative analysis was conducted. In particular, Giorgi’s phenomenological methodology was used. Results: First, hwa-byung patients were classified into 2 types, repressive type and eruptive type according to their expression patterns. They were chronically suffered by various persistent factors and were not actively treated. This is due to the lack of information on hwa-byung treatment and the misconceptions of patients on hwa-byung. Second, hwa-byung patients experience doubts, symptom relief, limit/frustration, self-control/acceptance, and self-esteem improvement through the EFT program. Symptom relief was experienced as cool and calm. Tapping was effective in the repressive type, and affirmation was effective in eruption type. Third, the perception of the future was ‘It's up to me' and 'I can not escape', and the repressive types tend to think they can not escape, and the eruption types tend to think 'It depends on me'. Patients' future coping strategies appeared to be mind-control, avoidance, and seeking professional treatment. Conclusions: The new findings in this study is that the effect of treatment may be different depending on the type of hwa-byung pattern. This result needs to be confirmed more clearly through further studies. According to the results of this study, it may be possible to apply different treatments considering the type of hwa-byung pattern in clinical practice and clinical trials.
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#Hwa-byung, Emotional Freedom Techniques, EFT, qualitative study
학위논문 정보
저자
서효원
학위수여기관
경희대학교 대학원
학위구분
국내석사
학과
임상한의학과 신경정신과학전공
지도교수
정선용
발행연도
2018
총페이지
v, 69 p.
키워드
Hwa-byung, Emotional Freedom Techniques, EFT, qualitative study
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