Limitation Of Mandala Essay

Every research is bounded with limitation. There are a few of limitations identified in this study. First, a small number of male participants get involved in this study. This happened due to the lack of desire to participate in the colouring activity that seemed childish to them. Secondly, the limitation of the study include language barrier between the researcher and the participants. Although all the participants could understand the Malays language, they could not speak the Malay language very well. There were some of the ethnic jargon that could not be understood by the researcher. Hence, there could be miscommunication between the researcher and the participants. Thirdly, the interpretation of the findings is heavily dependent on the

The indigenous population was chosen due to many challenges that have been reported leading to the question to their psychological well-being. Hence, this study was unfolded their psychological well-being through the experience of colouring Mandala. Mandala art therapy was first found by Carl Jung. He has been incorporated the Mandala into his therapeutic intervention to his patients and he claimed that Mandala has the calming and relaxing effect to its maker.
Many studies have been conducted to explore the effectiveness of the Mandala, however, the qualitative approach used in the study was very limited, where the individuals’ perception toward the Mandala activity experience were partly dismissed due to inability to measure it in quantitative studies. Thus, this study is conducted by using the semi-structured interview to examine deeply the perception of the indigenous adolescent toward their experience in colouring Mandala. The study found that the participants experienced positive emotional well-being during colouring Mandala. A balance psychological well-being is very important in indigenous population especially the adolescent group as they engage with a lot of difficulties