The Effect of Indirect Trauma Experience of Role in the Work on the Actor's Mental Health: Focus on Focus Group Interview (FGI)

Abstract

This study is a qualitative study to analyze the effect of indirect trauma experiences according to roles on the mental health of actors. In order to understand the aspects of indirect trauma that occur in the personalization process of the actor's creation of a role, we analyzed through in-depth interviews with five leading actors in Korea. As a result of the study, when an actor plays a role that requires high emotional commitment and extreme physical expression, such as a victim of a crime or a murderer, it is more likely to experience post-traumatic stress than when plays a general role. Psychological pain due to the re-experience of trauma or transfered trauma according to the role affects the entire acting process, and the actor's stress that causes anxiety and obsession also affected the psychological state of the actor. In addition, regarding the relationship between the trauma of the role and the pshycological state of the actor, it was found that when the trauma of the actor's role coincides or has a similarity, it has a very serious effect.