A manual of utilization and evaluation of Self-Portrait Method(SPM)

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K03108
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 10030:Clinical psychology-related
• Research Institution: Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation
• Principal Investigator: KOYAMA MITSUTO 北海道千歳リハビリテーション大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (20170409)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 自分描画法 / 思いの理論 / 対話療法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The author has been engaged in Self-Portrait Method (SPM) research for the past 14 years. This study is an original psychotherapy research with three key words, "OMOI (approach to psychotherapy)", "SPM", and "talk therapy", and no precedent research has been found.
The purpose of this study is to establish the evaluation criteria for SPM and to create user manuals. As a result of the research, the evaluation criteria for SPM, including the results of the Baum Test conducted at the same time, were determined, and the user manual for SPM was prepared. In addition, the author prepared a DVD to introduce SPM, and the book with the DVD will be published under the title "Manual of Self-Portrait Method (SPM)" within 2021.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

SPMは落書きをヒントに発想され、幼児から高齢者まで3,000人を超える人々が描いた自画像のフィールド研究から生まれた。“思いの理論（小山；2002）”を背景とするが、学術的には未開拓の領域である。SPMでは錯綜した自己像と自分を取り巻く環境との関係が描画に投影されるため、自分という存在に対する気づきが高められる。
“思い”は誰もがもつものであることから、SPMの適用範囲は幼児から高齢者までを含む「すべての人間」と広い。SPMは日本文化に深く根付く“思い”にふれる手法であり，本法を学術的に位置づけることによって、心理療法の幅はよりいっそう拡がると考えられた。