Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MA - Master of Arts
Department
Expressive Therapies
Advisor
Raquel Chapin Stephenson
Abstract
This literature review aims to offer a comprehensive overview of attributes of Korean culture that make significant impacts on the family dynamic in the Korean immigrant households and to learn different types of art therapy that can help them. This literature review identifies specifically the struggles both first-generation Korean immigrant parents and second-generation Korean-American adolescents experience in order to understand where their conflicts come from. Later, different approaches of art therapy for the conflicts Korean immigrant households face are discussed. Data are collected from existing literature and videos by terms including art therapy for immigrants, family art therapy, Korean immigrant family, and art therapy for Korean, and they are critically analyzed through a cultural lens. The findings revealed that the major factor of the conflict between Korean parents and their second-generation adolescent children is the distinct relation-oriented Korean culture and that different models and approaches can be applied to Korean immigrant families considering the unique culture.
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Recommended Citation
Park, Minju, "Art Therapy as a Tool for Korean American Families: A Literature Review" (2023). Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 750.
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/750
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