死別した親との〈かかわり〉--描画にあらわされたイメージを通して

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Many studies of bereavement deal with the mourning process. Through this process, therelationship is built between the bereaved and the dead. This paper focuses on what therelationship is. How can we be with the dead when we are left alive and alone? I researchedwhat a relationship with a dead father or mother is by the "Nine-In-One Drawing Method"and interviews with two subjects as cooperators. In these interviews, I asked about theirmourning processes and found them to be very individual. I asked them to draw abouttheir dead father or mother. While they were drawing, their relationship with the deceasedparent appeared. They could feel warmth, and they felt cared for in the relationship. Ibelieve that such experiences play important roles in the mourning process, enabling themto have an individual relationship with the dead. The relationship was not realistic. But itwas true in the intermediate area. Therefore, I am convinced that a relationship with thedead can take form in the intermediate area, and it should be grasped and understood inrelation to the mourning process.