Analysis of Study Tendency of Korean Master's and Doctorate Degree Dissertations on Horticulture Therapy

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the study tendency of Korean master's and doctorate degree dissertations on horticulture therapy and present basic material necessary to establish future Korean studies on horticulture therapy and improve substance quality of studies. A total of 203 Korean master's and doctorate degree dissertations on horticulture therapy from 1998 similar to 2007 were analyzed. There were 203 studies in 1998 (2), 1999 (9), 2000 (7), 2001 (16), 2002 (18), 2003 (19), 2004 (40), 2005 (27), 2006 (33) and 2007 (32). A total of 190 master's degree dissertations (94%) and 13 doctorate degree dissertations (6%) have been published on the topic. There were 107 dissertations from departments related to horticulture therapy (52.7%) and 96 dissertations from non-related departments (47.3%). For study method, most were quantitative studies with 105 studies (51.7%), and there were 63 studies that combined qualitative and quantitative study methods (31.0%). There were only 35 qualitative studies (17.2%). Study tools were divided into self-made surveys, evaluation sheets and physical measurements. Evaluation sheets were used the most, in 365 studies (78.5%), 58 used self-made surveys (12.5%) and 42 used physical measurements (9.0%). The number of statistical tools used in the 203 dissertations was 342, which means an average of 1.6 tools was used per study. When the statistical methods were divided according to type, the t-test had the highest frequency, followed by technical statistical analysis, one-way analysis, spread analysis, frequency analysis, reliability verification, x(2), correlation analysis, cross analysis, factor analysis, regression analysis and multivariate analysis. It was used 1,676 times (43.6%). In terms of number of times of execution, 89 studies executed 11-20 times (48.9). 99 studies executed a program once a week (58.9%), the time of one period was 1 hour to 1 and a half hours for 65 studies (57.0%), The tendency of structures where the studies were carried out were schools (74 studies, 37.8%), which were the highest.