Aggression and Depression Assessed Through Art : Using Draw-a-story to Identify Children and Adolescents at Risk

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ISBN: 9780203997918 | 0203997913
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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.

Pfeiffer Foreword
List of Figures
List of Tables
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
The Current Studies
Rating Scales Used in the Current Studies. Emotional Content. Self-image. The Use of Humor
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
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
Changes and Consistencies in the Emotional States of Aggressive and/or Depressed Students
Summary and Implications
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
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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Aggression and Depression Assessed Through Art : Using Draw-a-story to Identify Children and Adolescents at Risk

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