Severely disturbed children's human figure drawings: Are they unusual or just poor drawings?

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-306

  Cox, M V ^a   Catte, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Behavioural problems; Children's drawings; Emotional adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ART; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034517819     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870070034     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Naive prediction of pathology from human figure drawings
2. Emotional indicators in children's human figure drawings
3. Koppitz HFD test: The reliability and clinical validity of its emotional indicators
4. An evaluation of criteria used by clinicians to infer pathology from figure drawings
5. Human figure drawing in adults: An update of the empirical evidence, 1967-1982
6. Drawings of the human figure: A method of personality investigation
7. The use and abuse of human figure drawings
8. School psychologists and social-emotional assessment techniques: Patterns in training and use
9. Human figure drawings: Their utility in the psychologist's armamentarium for personality assessment
10. Actuarial, naive clinical and sophisticated clinical prediction of pathology from figure drawings
11. Empirical evaluations of human figure drawings
12. Drawing conclusions: A re-examination of empirical and conceptual bases for psychological evaluation of children from their drawings