Intellectual evaluations of children using human figure drawings: An empirical investigation of two methods

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-74

  Abell, Steven C ^a   Von Briesen, Peggy D ^b   Watz, Lori S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ART; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STANFORD-BINET TEST; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0030033925     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199601)52:1<67::AID-JCLP9>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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