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Do Human-Figure Drawings of Children and Adolescents Mirror Their Cognitive Style and Self-Esteem?
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Dey, Anindita; Ghosh, Paromita – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2016
The investigation probed relationships among human-figure drawing, field-dependent-independent cognitive style and self-esteem of 10-15 year olds. It also attempted to predict human-figure drawing scores of participants based on their field-dependence-independence and self-esteem. Area, stratified and multi-stage random sampling were used to…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Correlation, Cognitive Style, Self Esteem
Figure Drawing Size as a Reflection of Self-Concept or Self-Esteem
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Prytula, Robert E.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1978
In two independent studies, objective measures of self-concept and self-esteem were assessed relative to the primary indicators of self-esteem or self-concept in human figure drawings, size, area, etc. Results showed that when groups were differentiated significantly on either self-concept or self-esteem, the size of the figure drawn was not…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Measurement Instruments, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology
An Investigation of the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test and the (Coopersmith) Self-Esteem Inventory.
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Calhoun, George, Jr.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
Two Groups of educable mentally retarded primary and secondary pupils were compared on measures of self-esteem and intelligence to determine whether scores on a self-drawing test and those on a self-perception test were related. A significant correlation was found for the secondary pupils only. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Image, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education