Human Figure Drawings as a Measure of Children's Emotional Status: Critical Review for Practice

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Skybo, Theresa ^a,b   Ryan Wenger, Nancy ^a,b   Su, Ying hwa ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAINAN INSTITUTE OF NURSING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ART; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33846214435     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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