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초록

The purpose of this study was to discover ways in which the elderly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can alleviate their psychological or social anxiety through non-face-to-face or online therapy mandala art therapy. There were eight subjects who were 65 years old or and of different genders. The art therapy was conducted in eight sessions, once or three times per week. Each session included 15 minutes of watching a video before starting the therapy. The compiled data was analyzed using Moustakas’s phenomenological research methods. The analysis process led to discovering 75 meaning units, which were then clustered into 16 theme, and six essences were derived. The results showed that during the therapy, unfamiliarity led to excited expectation; subjects’ sense of capability was regained through free artistic expression; subjects became more proactive; subjects experienced new modes of communication and trust subjects felt freedom due to not being limited by temporal or spatial isolation; and subjects felt a sense of pride looking back at the turning points in their lives. Based on these results, the implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

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