Stephens-Parker, Sonya;
(1997)
A study of the use of colour in seriously-ill, ill and healthy children's spontaneous drawings.
Masters thesis (M.Phil), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This exploratory study examined whether the number of colours seriously-ill and ill children used in their spontaneous drawings varied from those used by healthy children. The potential influence of sex, intellectual ability, anxiety and severity of illness was also examined. Thirty children aged from 4-12, took part in the study. The results confirmed a statistically significant association between illness and a lower number of colours used by children in their first free drawing (p .01) but the level of significance faded over time (drawing No 2 p<.02 and for drawing No. 3 p <.03). However, post-hoc comparisons supported the differences in colour use between ill and healthy children. The investigation also showed that anxiety may have an effect but whether this is related to the size of figures or indeed the size of children's drawings on a page rather than their use of colour is not known. Given that this was an exploratory study using basic measures many questions remain, but the association between colour use in children's drawings and their state of health has been placed on a research footing, and further studies are suggested. The overall aim has been to broaden the field of enquiry into children's drawings to include colour content, placing this clearly within the field of developmental psychology.
| Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | M.Phil |
| Title: | A study of the use of colour in seriously-ill, ill and healthy children's spontaneous drawings |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Thesis digitised by ProQuest. |
| Keywords: | Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10099030 |
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