An investigation of the clinical use of the house-tree-person projective drawings in the psychological evaluation of child sexual abuse

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-175

  Paimer, Laura ^a   Farrar, Anne R ^a   Valle, Maria ^a   Ghahary, Nouriman ^a   Panella, Michael ^a   DeGraw, Donna ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; VALIDATION STUDY; VICTIM;

AGE FACTORS; ART; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0034189055     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559500005002008     Document Type: Article

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