Screening for Aggression Using the Draw a Story Assessment. Brief Report

Autor/inn/en	Earwood, Cheryl; Fedorko, Melinda; Holzman, Eileen; Montanari, Linda; Silver, Rawley
Titel	Screening for Aggression Using the Draw a Story Assessment. Brief Report
Quelle	In: Art Therapy Journal of the American Art Therapy Assoc, 21 (2004) 3, S.156-162 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; High Risk Students; Gender Differences; Psychological Patterns; Self Concept; Emotional Response; Aggression; Screening Tests; Art Therapy; Delinquency + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemschüler; Geschlechterkonflikt; Selbstkonzept; Emotionales Verhalten; Screening-Verfahren; Kunsttherapie; Kriminalität
Abstract	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 responses were scored on 5-point rating scales for assessing Emotional Content and Self-Image, a psychologist analyzed the findings. The aggressive students had significantly lower Emotional Content scores and significantly higher Self-Image scores. Aggression also was significantly related to responses that received 1 point in Emotional Content along with 5 points in Self-Image. Significant gender differences, but no age differences, also emerged. The findings suggest that the DAS assessment shows promise as a technique for identifying students at risk for aggressive behavior. The report concludes with implications for art therapists and educators, and suggests questions to be explored in further study. (Author).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10