Children's colour choices for completing drawings of affectively characterised topics

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 445-455

  Burkitt, Esther ^a   Barrett, Martyn ^b   Davis, Alyson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; Drawing; Emotional expression

Indexed keywords

AGE; ART; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COLOR; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; DRAWING; EMOTION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION; TREE; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMBOLISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0041632194     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00134     Document Type: Article

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