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Identifying Children and Adolescents with Depression: Review of the Stimulus Drawing Task and Draw a Story Research
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Silver, Rawley – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2009
This paper reviews a body of research on the author's Silver Drawing Test (SDT) and Draw A Story (DAS) art-based assessments, which span 40 years of development. The original impetus for the assessment is described and studies are reviewed that examined relationships between depression, abuse, and aggression; cognitive skills; interrater and…
Descriptors: Identification, Tests, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Cultural Differences and Similarities in Responses to the Silver Drawing Test in the USA, Brazil, Russia, Estonia, Thailand, and Australia.
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Silver, Rawley – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2003
Summarizes cross-cultural studies of cognitive skills, emotions, and self-images found in responses to drawing tasks by children, adolescents, and adults. Its aim is to find out whether cultural differences in scores on the Silver Drawing Test can illuminate cultural preferences and contribute to cultural practices. (Contains 21 references.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Gender Differences and Similarities in the Spatial Ability of Adolescents.
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Silver, Rawley – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1996
It is generally accepted that males are superior to females in spatial ability. To test this assumption, the Silver Drawing Test (SDT) was administered to students 12 to 15 years old (33 girls and 33 boys) attending public schools in Nebraska, New York, and Pennsylvania. No significant differences in spatial ability were found. (KW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art, Art Expression, Art Therapy
Screening for Aggression Using the Draw a Story Assessment. Brief Report
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Earwood, Cheryl; Fedorko, Melinda; Holzman, Eileen; Montanari, Linda; Silver, Rawley – Art Therapy Journal of the American Art Therapy Assoc, 2004
The purpose of this study was to find out if the Draw a Story (DAS) assessment can be used as a screening technique to identify children and adolescents at risk for aggression. Four art therapists presented the DAS tasks to 30 students with histories of aggressive behavior and to 181 students with no histories of aggression. After the 211…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns, Self Concept
Sex and Age Differences in Attitude toward the Opposite Sex.
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Silver, Rawley – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1997
Examines fantasies about the opposite sex expressed by 116 children, adolescents, and adults responding to the Drawing from Imagination task of the Silver Drawing Test of Cognition and Emotion. Results indicate that both males and females expressed more negative than positive feelings toward subjects of the opposite sex. Males were more negative.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Art Therapy
Identifying and Assessing Self-Images in Drawings by Delinquent Adolescents (in 2 Parts).
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Silver, Rawley; Ellison, JoAnne – Arts in Psychotherapy, 1995
Examines assumption that art therapists can objectively identify self-images in drawings by troubled adolescents without talking to these youth. Findings suggest that discussion, though preferable, is not required for identifying self-images. Analysis of adolescents' drawings indicates that structured art assessment can be useful in evaluating…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art Expression, Art Therapy, Behavior Disorders