Analyzing drawings of children who are physically ill and hospitalized, using the ipsative method. Academic Article

abstract

• Children use drawings and pictorial representations as a way of expressing their feelings about themselves and their world. The ipsative method for analyzing drawings is an excellent way for a child health professional to assess and monitor a child's emotional and developmental progress during a physical illness or hospitalization. Case examples illustrate the ipsative method. Specific guidelines for the clinical use of children's drawings are given.

authors

• Rae, William

published proceedings

• Child Health Care

author list (cited authors)

• Rae, W. A.

citation count

• 20

complete list of authors

• Rae, WA

publication date

• January 1991

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• n0273-9615ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Art Therapy
• Body Image
• Child
• Child Development
• Child, Hospitalized
• Humans
• Pain Measurement
• Projection
• Psychology, Child
• Stress, Psychological
• United States

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1207/s15326888chc2004_2

start page

• 198

end page

• 207

volume

• 20

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15326888chc2004_2