예술인의 마음건강 연구

Abstract

This research aims to define artists by examining relevant laws and previous research related to the mental health of Korean artists. Further, this study aims to present the direction for future research on mental health of artists by systematically analyzing research trends. The research questions to be examined in this study are, first, what is the current status of research related to artists' mental health? Second, what research topics are related to artists' mental health? Third, what is the future of research on artist's mental health? A total of 26 articles and dissertations published in Korean journals from 1998 to 2021 were analyzed in this study. By year, research field, research method, presence of term definition, academic field of the researcher, and subject trend were used as criteria for analysis. As a result, research on artist’s mental health has increased since 2014. However, there is a lack of research on various aspects of arts by not having a clear definition of the artist. Furthermore, the rate of research done by non-mental health related fields was higher than mental health-related fields. The research on artists’ mental health such as depression, suicide, and anxiety were the most frequently studied. As future research directions, ‘defining of terms in the art field’, ‘activating interdisciplinary research’, ‘needing for qualitative data’, ‘studying the occupational gap and creative hardships of artists’, as well as ‘expanding on positive variables in research affecting the quality of life of artists’ were proposed. Finally, the limitations and significance of this study were discussed.