Differences in the nature of "regression in the service of the ego" among painters, sculptors, musicians, and dancers

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K03338
• 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: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Ito Toshiki 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (40288759)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 自我のための退行 / ロールシャッハ法 / 芸術家

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study used the Rorschach method to explore the differences in the nature of "regression in the service of the ego" among three groups of artists, in order to examine how the nature of "regression for the ego" differs among artists of different genres. Abstract sculptors produced more responses in symbolic use of color, total symbolic use, and total primary process equations than did stage artists. Contemporary dancers also produced more responses in the synthesis of images than did stage designers. It is thought that the stage designers were unable to regress as they wished because of the restrictions imposed by the script and direction, while the abstract sculptors and contemporary dancers, who were not constrained by reality, were able to "regress for the ego" more freely.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の目的は、今まで検討されてこなかったきた異なった芸術のジャンル間で「自我のための退行」のありようがどのように違うかを検討した点で学術的意義をもつものである。本研究は、ロールシャッハ法の今後の展開に学術的発展をもたらす先駆的研究となるところに独自性・創造性があると言える。更に、本研究成果が芸術学、教育学などの他分野の学問の発展に寄与する事が期待される。