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Recontextualizing the Draw a Story Assessment: Expanding the Expressive Function in Art Therapy
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Haag, Jonathan Lee – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This naturalistic multiple-case study design (N = 6) examined the clinical use of a modified Draw A Story assessment as a therapeutic tool for a hospice art therapy program. The aim was to recontextualize a standardized art-based assessment for use as a creative art-based tool. Client participants were video recorded while creating a Draw A Story…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Hospices (Terminal Care), Freehand Drawing, Art Expression
Projective Drawings of Mothers and Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: A Mixed Methods Analysis
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Backos, Amy; Samuelson, Kristin W. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
The Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) and the Draw-A-Person: Screening Procedure for Emotional Disturbance (DAP:SPED) are intended to facilitate therapeutic discussion and assess emotional disturbance; however, little research exists on their use with victims of trauma or for identifying posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study examined…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Freehand Drawing, Projective Measures, Personality Measures
Projective Drawings of Individuals Grieving the Loss of a Pet
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Packman, Wendy; Kelley, Elizabeth; Rudolph, Brittany; Long, Janet; Wallace, Jo; Hsu, Melanie; Carmack, Betty J.; Field, Nigel – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
This study examined the relationship among projective drawings and mental health symptomatology to determine if projective drawings provide clinical utility in pet bereavement. Projective drawings, standardized questionnaires, and clinical interview results were collected from 33 adults grieving the loss of a pet. Drawings were coded into a…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Adults, Grief, Death
Tree Drawings and Trauma Indicators: A Comparison of Past Research with Current Findings from the Diagnostic Drawing Series.
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Rankin, Anita – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1994
Notes enduring hypothesis that knotholes, broken branches, damaged trunks, and leafless trees are indicative of traumatic episodes in individual's life. Reviews selected past research which does not definitely confirm or deny basic hypothesis and reports current study based on tree drawings from Diagnostic Drawing Series Archive. Presents…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Evaluation Methods, Projective Measures, Psychological Evaluation
Research with Diagnostic Drawings for Normal and Alzheimer's Subjects.
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Knapp, Nancy M. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1994
Designed and tested battery of drawing techniques with scoring methodology appropriate for investigation of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Variables as a whole and most hypothesized drawing features provided significant discrimination between age-matched controls and AD subjects. Capability to discriminate was also provided by objective measures of use…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Art Therapy, Freehand Drawing, Older Adults
Gender Differences in Drawings: A Study of Self-Images, Autonomous Subjects, and Relationships.
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Silver, Rawley – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1992
Studied gender differences in drawings by 261 elementary school children responding to projective drawing task. Findings support assumption that children who respond to projective drawing tasks tend to identify themselves with principal subjects of their drawings. Most subjects drew pictures about subjects same gender as themselves. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Art, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students