ERIC Number: EJ868054
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-1656
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Identifying Children and Adolescents with Depression: Review of the Stimulus Drawing Task and Draw a Story Research
Silver, Rawley
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v26 n4 p174-180 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 retest reliability; normative data; and treatment outcomes in the United States, Thailand, and Russia. Findings from these studies suggest that drawing responses that are strongly negative (receiving of a score of 1 out of a total possible 5 points) on both the Emotional Content and the Self-Image scales can provide early identification of children and adolescents who may be at risk for depression. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Identification, Tests, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology), Art Therapy, Freehand Drawing, Child Abuse, Aggression, Cognitive Ability, Interrater Reliability, Self Concept, Mental Health, At Risk Persons, Outcomes of Treatment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Russia; Thailand; United States
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