An exploration of the formal elements in adolescents' drawings: General screening for socio-emotional concerns

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 340-349

  Conrad, Selby M ^a   Hunter, Heather L ^a   Krieshok, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Art therapy; Assessment; Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRAWING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FORMAL ART THERAPY RATING SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80054861040     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: 18735878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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