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Yedidia, Tova; Lipschitz-Elchawi, Rachel – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2012
This study examined social perceptions among 191 Arab and Jewish children who live in mixed neighborhoods in Israel. Human Figure Drawing assessment was used to examine the children's social perceptions. The drawings that the Jewish Israeli children created portrayed Arabs as the enemy, whereas the Arab Israeli children expressed a more positive…
Descriptors: Jews, Arabs, Children, Social Attitudes
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Packman, Wendy L.; Beck, Vanessa L.; VanZutphen, Kelly H.; Long, Janet K.; Spengler, Gisele – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2003
There is little research on the psychological impact of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) on family members. This study uses the Human Figure Drawing (HFD) to measure siblings' emotional distress toward BMT. Among the siblings, feelings of isolation, anger, depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem emerged as major themes. Findings indicate the…
Descriptors: Anger, Anxiety, Art Therapy, Children
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Sisto, Fermino Fernandes – Child Study Journal, 2000
Examined validity of use of human figure drawing to evaluate cognitive development status using Piagetian tasks with 7- to 11-year-olds. Found that scores for children's drawings of a man and a woman correlated significantly with mental imaging, conservation of mass, and conservation of length, suggesting the possibility of finding patterns to…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests
Koppitz, Elizabeth Munsterberg – 1972
Presented is a manual for scoring the Bender Gestalt Test and the Human Figure Drawing Test for screening and diagnostic uses with emotionally disturbed, brain damaged, or perceptually handicapped 5- to 11-year-old children. Given are suggestions for administering and scoring the Bender test which examines distortion of shape, rotation,…
Descriptors: Children, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education, Freehand Drawing