성학대 유아의 정신적 표상 : 정서문제, 행동문제, 일반유아와의 비교

Abstract

This study is to explore the relevance between representations through the comparison groups of 60 children(aged 3 to 7): the normal group, internal group, and external group. The findings of this study are as follows. Sexually abused children`s mental representations show no affection in conflict situations, and they show avoidance or just exchange information without emotional communication. They use a lot of avoidance defense strategies such as excluding others in conflict situations, denying sympathies, or starting talking about irrelevant topics. They frequently use dissociation such as getting inconsistent and unreal, getting ambiguous to draw the line, or changing topics in a sudden way. used lots of avoidance strategies, expressed a lot of affection in conflict situations. And they were usually not able to find solutions, and showed negative representations in conflict situations. This thesis has provided the ground that we can find relevance between the mental representations when dealing with sexually abused children. And this thesis has also indicated that utilizing and analyzing mental representations are needed in order to maximize the results of play therapies.