The purpose of this study was to check if there is relationship between elderly's ego
integrity and their reactions to the Tree Drawing. The subjects for the study were 278 elderly
people over 60 years of age, who were residing in Gyeongsan city. Data collected were
processed via SPSS WIN program(ver. 12.0) and analyzed by factor analysis, correlation
analysis, Chi-square test, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Scheffé test for follow-up verification.
The results were as follows. First, the elderly's degree of ego integrity was average on the
whole. Ego integrity was found to be statistically different according to the elderly's gender.
Second, reactions among the elderly to 'a horizontal structure' and 'the size of tree' of the
Tree Drawing differed according to their gender. Third, ego integrity of the elderly was
significantly different depending on 'the size of tree', 'leaves', 'the age of tree-the age of
artist', 'the total harmony of the drawing' in the Tree Drawing.
Key Words : Elderly, Ego Integrity, Tree Drawing, Reaction