1st Edition
Aggression and Depression Assessed Through Art Using Draw-A-Story to Identify Children and Adolescents at Risk
By Rawley Silver
Copyright 2005
226 Pages
97 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
97 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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A study of more than two hundred children using Rawley Silver's draw a story test showed a strong correlation between aggression or depression and certain types of artistic narratives; meanwhile, unbeknownst to Silver, a pair of Russian therapists were using Silver's assessment tests in a similar fashion with Russian children and achieving similar results.
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Pfeiffer, Foreword. List of Figures. List of Tables. Part I: Previous Studies. Silver, Introduction. Problems of Aggression. Problems of Depression. Objectives and Procedures. Studies of Aggression, Depression, and the Role of Art. Aggression. Depression. The Role of Art. Observations by Neuroscientists. Art Therapy. Observations by Art Therapists. Art Therapists Who Used the DAS Assessment. Draw A Story, Screening for Depression. The Instrument. Why DAS was Developed and How it Evolved. Overview of DAS Studies. Reliability. Validity. Clinical Depression. Age and Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Self and Others. Comparing Adolescents With and Without Emotional Disturbances. Observations and Questions. The Pilot Study. Procedures. Results. Observations. Questions Raised by the Findings. Part II: The Current Studies. Rating Scales Used in the Current Studies. Emotional Content. Self-image. The Use of Humor. Earwood, Fedorko, Montanari, Holzman, Response Drawings and Histories of Aggressive Students. Strongly Negative Emotional Content. Strongly Negative Self-images. Moderately Negative Self-images. Ambiguous or Ambivalent Self-images. Powerful and Assaultive Self-images. Moderately Negative to Moderately Positive Emotional Content. Summary. Silver, Comparing Aggressive and Control Groups, Subgroups, and Individuals. Differences in Emotional Content and Self-image. Depression. Reactive Aggression. Predatory Aggression. The Use of Humor. Male Responses. Female Responses. Observations. Fedorko, Montanari, Changes and Consistencies in the Emotional States of Aggressive and/or Depressed Students. Larry. Lanette. Victoria. Greg. Leroy. George. Joseph. Summary and Implications. Kopytin, Svistovskaya, Sventsitskaya, Fantasizing about Violence in Responses to the Draw a Story Task by Russian Children, Adolescents, and Adults. Children and Adolescents in Delinquent and Control Groups. Adult Psychiatric Patients in Delinquent and Control Groups. Silver, Part III: Summary and Implications. Summary and Implications. Children and Adolescents at Risk for Harming Others. Predatory Aggression. The Use of Humor. Reactive Aggression. Identifying Those at Risk. Children and Adolescents at Risk for Harming Themselves. Consistencies and Changes in Emotional States. Gender Differences and Similarities. Cultural Differences and Similarities. Differences Between Clinical and Control Group. Similarities Between Clinical and Control Groups. Research and Practice. Procedures for Identifying Students at Risk. Suggestions for Further Study. References. Index.
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Rawley Silver
