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Aggression and depression assessed through art : using Draw-A-Story to identify children and adolescents at risk / edited by Rawley Silver.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Hove : Brunner-Routledge, 2005.Description: xxii, 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415950152 (pbk.) :
  • 0415950155
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.418
LOC classification:
  • RJ506.A35 A355 2005
Incomplete contents:
Part I: Observations and previous studies -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Previous studies of agression, depression, and the role of art -- 3.Draw-a-story, screeing for depression -- 4.The pilot study -- Part II.The current studies -- 5.Rating scales used in the current studies -- 6.Response drawings and histories of agressive students -- 7.Comparing aggressive and control groups, subgroups, and individuals -- 8.Changes and consistencies in the emotional states of aggressive and/or depressed students -- 9.Cultural differences, and similarities -- Part III: Summary and implications -- 10.Conclusing observations.
Summary: A fascinating insight to the use of art to assess aggression & depression in children, this book draws on studies in the US, Russia & elsewhere that have used the methodology devised by Rawley Silver to find a correlation between aggression or depression & certain types of artistic narratives.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 155.418 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 202518

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-195) and index.

Part I: Observations and previous studies -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Previous studies of agression, depression, and the role of art -- 3.Draw-a-story, screeing for depression -- 4.The pilot study -- Part II.The current studies -- 5.Rating scales used in the current studies -- 6.Response drawings and histories of agressive students -- 7.Comparing aggressive and control groups, subgroups, and individuals -- 8.Changes and consistencies in the emotional states of aggressive and/or depressed students -- 9.Cultural differences, and similarities -- Part III: Summary and implications -- 10.Conclusing observations.

A fascinating insight to the use of art to assess aggression & depression in children, this book draws on studies in the US, Russia & elsewhere that have used the methodology devised by Rawley Silver to find a correlation between aggression or depression & certain types of artistic narratives.

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