This study is aimed to examine the effect of mother-son art therapy program focused on Margaret Mahler’s separation- individuation on parenting behavior and the anxiety of a child. The subjects of the study were a 40 year old mother and a nine year ...
This study is aimed to examine the effect of mother-son art therapy program focused on Margaret Mahler’s separation- individuation on parenting behavior and the anxiety of a child. The subjects of the study were a 40 year old mother and a nine year old boy who showed a separation anxiety behavior. The study was conducted by 16 sessions in total, 60 minutes a session from Apr, 2011 to Oct, 2011. The study was conducted by 16
sessions in total, 60 minutes a session from Apr, 2011 to Oct, 2011. As a result, mother-son art therapy focused on separation- individuation reduced parenting behavior in the realms of limit set-up, rejection and neglect, overprotection and allowance, and had a positive effect on the parenting behavior in the realms of compassion and encouragement. Second, mother-son art therapy focused on separation- individuation showed a significant difference in the realms of the anxiety and fear, anger and impulse, alienation and unhappiness, physical and physiological expression of the child. Therefore, it was found out that mother-son art therapy focused on Margaret Mahler’s separation- individuation was an effective program to parenting behavior and the anxiety of a child.