The Draw-a-Person task in persons with mental retardation: What does it measure?

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Dykens, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0030058874     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-4222(95)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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