Title Page
ABSTRACT
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 16
1. Purpose of Research 16
2. Research Questions 23
3. Literature Review 25
4. Research Background 29
Chapter 2. Theoretical Background 32
1. Well-Aging of Rural Older Adult Women Living Alone 32
1.1. Understanding of Rural Older Adult Women Living Alone 32
1.2. Well-Aging of Old age 40
2. Humanities Convergence Therapy and Self-Healing 49
2.1. Well-aging and Humanities Convergence Therapy 49
2.2. Self-Healing of the Humanities Convergence Therapy 58
3. Summary 66
Chapter 3. Methodology 69
1. Research Design 69
1.1. Qualitative case studies 69
1.2. Research procedure 71
2. Research Participants 73
3. Data collection and analysis 78
3.1. Data collection 78
3.2. Data analysis 80
4. Ethical Considerations 81
Chapter 4. HCT program design for well aging 85
1. Program Overview and Goals 85
1.1. Program Overview 85
1.2. Program Goals and Engagement Strategies 86
2. Program Design 89
2.1. Program design process 89
2.2. Program progression process and content 101
3. HCT Program for Well-Aging 105
4. Summary 108
Chapter 5. The Meaning of Self-Healing Experiences through HCT 110
1. Self-Understanding 112
1.1. Recalling the highs and lows of life 113
1.2. Recognizing women's identity in patriarchy 118
2. Expressing Creativity 125
2.1. Sensory experience of Art 126
2.2. Creative self expression 133
3. Reframing Self-Narratives 137
3.1. Recovering one's uniqueness 138
3.2. Narrative transformation and creation 144
4. Experiencing Coexistence 150
4.1. Community belonging and Connection 151
4.2. Companionship with others 157
5. Summary 162
Chapter 6. Conclusion 168
1. Research Summary 168
2. Discussion and Suggestion 175
References 178
국문초록 211
Appendix 215
Table 1. Research Procedures 71
Table 2. Information of Research Participants 74
Table 3. The contents of the data collection 79
Table 4. The goal of the HCT program for well-aging 87
Table 5. Program design steps 90
Table 6. Program design Step 1 91
Table 7. Approach and rationale for HCT program 92
Table 8. Information of the five experts 94
Table 9. Program design step 2 95
Table 10. Program design step 2: Case analysis content 96
Table 11. Program design step 3 99
Table 12. Program design step 3: Cross-analysis content 99
Table 13. HCT Program for Well-Aging 106
Table 14. The meaning of self-healing in the HCT experience 111
Table 15. Self-understanding contents 112
Table 16. Expressing creativity content 126
Table 17. Reframing self-narratives content 137
Table 18. Experiencing coexistence content 151
Figure 1. HCT Program Goals and Intervention Strategies for Well-Aging 86
Figure 2. Program progression process by session of HCT 102
Figure 3. Park Soo-geun Museum of Art, 'Infinite Ties' 128
Figure 4. Park Soo-geun of Art 'Nongak' 130
Figure 5. Lee Jung seop of Art 'sun and Children' 131
Figure 6. Chang Ucchin of Art 'A Family' 131
Figure 7. Park Soo-geun of Art 'rubber shoes' 132
Figure 8. Park Soo-geun of Art 'Won-ang' 132
Figure 9. B's 6th session artwork 134
Figure 10. B's 7th session artwork 134
Figure 11. A's 5th session artwork 135
Figure 12. C's 5th session artwork 136
Figure 13. C's 6th session artwork 136
Figure 14. A's 8th session artwork 140
Figure 15. B's 7th session artwork 140
Figure 16. A's 8th session artwork 142
Figure 17. C's 7th session artwork 143
Figure 18. C's retelling of the award 147
Figure 19. C's 7th session artwork 156
Figure 20. A's 7th session artwork 156
Figure 20. A's 8th session artwork 161