The purpose of this study is to analyze researches about the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scales(FEATS)
published in Korea from 2005 to 2015, for providing a further direction on FEATS research. Since the first
study using FEATS was published in 2005 in Korea, the researchers collected a total of 47 studies including
master’s theses, doctoral dissertations, and journal articles from Korean Journal of Art Therapy which is
registered in KCI. Those were analyzed with regarding to contents, participants, theme, statistical analytic
methods, inter-rater reliability, and the response frequency of each item from FEATS. The major findings are
as follows: first, use of FEATS studies have been increased gradually every year and research participants
and theme have been varied; second, t-tests and χ² tests are statistical methods that have been mostly used
in the studies. Third, Cronbach α and Pearson ɽ are the most frequently utilized for assessing inter-rater
reliability. Fourth, the results of examining individuals’ responses to FEATS items across all 47 studies
indicate that the problem solving item (#8) produces the largest number of responses with statistically
significant differences, but the rotation item (#13) and preservation (#14) produce the smallest number of
the responses. Based upon the results, this study provides some suggestions for research improvements,
including statistical methods for data analysis and inter-rater reliability.