Three art assessments : the Silver drawing test of cognition and emotion, Draw a story, screening for depression, and Stimulus drawing techniques / Rawley Silver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silver, Rawley A.

Contributor:

Silver, Rawley A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychological tests for children.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2002.

Contents:

Introduction and Theoretical Background 1

Drawing from Imagination 6

Cognitive Skills 7

How the Assessments Evolved 8

Studies of Individuals and Groups 9

Section I The Silver Drawing Test of Cognition and Emotion (SDT)

Chapter 1 How the SDT Was Developed and Field-Tested 13

The Drawing from Imagination Subtest 14

The Predictive Drawing Subtest 16

The Drawing from Observation Subtest 18

Why the SDT Was Developed and How It Evolved 19

Doctoral Project 19

A Demonstation Project for Children and Adults with Hearing Impairment 20

First Pilot Study 20

Second Pilot Study 21

State Urban Education Project 22

National Institute of Education Project 22

Chapter 2 Administering and Scoring the SDT 25

The Predictive Drawing Task 26

The Drawing from Observation Task 36

Examples of Scored Responses 39

The Drawing from Imagination Task 44

Draw What You Imagine 45

Examples of Scored Responses to the Drawing from Imagination Task 51

Humorous Responses to the Drawing Tasks 64

Chapter 3 Reliability and Validity of the SDT 65

Scorer Reliability 65

Judges with No Special Training 67

Retest Reliability 69

Correlations Between the SDT and Traditional Tests 70

Chapter 4 Normative Data 79

Previous Norms and Case Studies 79

Expanded Norms 84

Scores of Adolescents, Young Adults, and Senior Adults 85

Chapter 5 Outcome Studies: Using the SDT as a Pre-Posttest to Assess Programs 97

State Urban Education Project for Children with Auditory-Language Disorders 97

Children with Visual-Motor Disorders 104

National Institute of Education Project for Children Performing Below Grade Level 106

Marshall's Study of Children with Learning Disabilities 109

Dhanachitsiriphong's Study of Incarcerated Adolescents in Thailand 109

Henn's Study of Adolescents with Multiple Handicaps 110

Chapter 6 Assessing Age and Gender Differences and Similarities in Attitudes and Cognition 111

Attitudes Toward Food or Eating 111

Attitudes Toward the Opposite Sex 114

Gender Differences in Self-Images, Autonomous Subjects, and Relationships 118

Age and Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Self and Others 118

Attitudes of Older Adults 119

Attitudes and Spatial Skills of Aging and Young Adults 119

Comparing Spatial Skills of Male and Female Adolescents 122

Comparing Spatial Skills of Adults, as Well as Adolescents 122

Comparing SDT Scores of Hearing Girls and Boys and Those Who Are Deaf 123

Comparing SDT Scores of Girls and Boys with Learning Disabilities, Deafness, and No Known Impairments 128

The Hiscox Study of Children with Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, and No Known Disabilities 128

Section II Draw a Story: Screening for Depression (DAS)

Chapter 7 Introducing the Draw-a-Story Assessment 133

The DAS Instrument 133

Administering and Scoring the DAS Task 134

Examples of Scored Response Drawings 141

Chapter 8 Reliability and Validity of the Draw-a-Story Assessment 161

Diagnostic Criteria of Depressive Illness 161

Reliability 162

Screening Children and Adolescents for Depression 164

Second Study of Depression 164

Third Study of Depression 168

The Self-Report and Masked Depression 169

Chapter 9 Using DAS with Clinical and Nonclinical Populations 171

Adolescents with and without Emotional Disturbances 171

Age and Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Self and Others 173

Ellison and Silver's Study of Adolescents Who Are Delinquents 176

Gender Differences in the Fantasies of Adolescents Who Are Delinquent and Those of Nondelinquent Adolescents 178

Turner's Use of DAS with Adolescents Who Have Experienced Abuse 180

Wilson's Use of DAS with Patients Who Had Brain Injuries 181

Wilson's Use of DAS with Adolescents Who Had Contemplated or Attempted Suicide 182

Dunn-Snow's Use of DAS with Children and Adolescents Experiencing Emotional Disturbances 182

Coffey's Use of DAS in a Psychiatric Hospital 182

Brandt's Comparison of Adolescents with Depression and Those Who Committed Sex Offenses to Typical Adolescents 183

Section III Stimulus Drawing Techniques in Therapy, Development, and Assessment

Chapter 10 Introducing the Stimulus Drawing Techniques Assessment 187

Objectives and Procedures of the SD Techniques 188

Chapter 11 Reliability and Validity 197

Chapter 12 Using the Stimulus Drawing Assessments with Clinical and Nonclinical Children, Adolescents, and Adults 205

Burt: A Child with Auditory and Language Impairments 205

Senior Adults in Community Recreational Programs 213

Joey: A Child with Learning Disabilities 213

Vilstrup's Study of Adolescents in a Psychiatric Hospital 216

Sandburg's Study of Adults with Chronic Schizophrenia 217

White-Wolff's Study of Twins 217

Malchiodi's Use of Stimulus Drawings with a Child Who Had Experienced Sexual Abuse 217

Couch's Use of Stimulus Drawings for Patients with Dementia 218

Age and Gender Differences Among Groups of Unimpaired Children and Adults 218

Section IV Correlations Between Assessments, the Use of Humor, and Cross-Cultural Studies

Chapter 13 Correlations Between the Silver Drawing Test, Draw a Story, and Stimulus Drawings and Techniques 223

Relationships Between the SDT Drawing from Imagination Subtest and Stimulus Drawings and Techniques 223

Relationships Between Draw a Story and Stimulus Drawing and Techniques 224

Relationships Between Draw a Story and the SDT Drawing from Imagination Subtest 224

Comparing the Negativity of Responses to the SDT and DAS Tasks 228

Comparing Emotional and Cognitive Constructs 228

Chapter 14 The Uses of Humor 231

Lethal Humor 232

Disparaging Humor 234

Resilient Humor 237

Ambivalent or Ambiguous Humor 236

Playful Humor 240

A Study of the Uses of Humor 242

Chapter 15 Cross-Cultural Studies 247

Use of the SDT in Brazil 247

Use of the SDT in Australia 249

Use of the SDT in Thailand 250

Use of the SDT in Russia 252

Use of the SDT with Hispanic Students in the United States 253

Appendix A The Silver Drawing Test of Cognition and Emotion 263

Drawing What You Predict, What You See, and What You Imagine 265

SDT Predictive Drawing 266

SDT Drawing from Observation 267

Drawing What You Imagine, Form A, Silver Drawing Test 268

Drawing What You Imagine, Form B, Silver Drawing Test 270

SDT Layout Sheet 272

SDT Drawing from Imagination 274

SDT Classroom Record Sheet 275

Record Sheet for Response Drawings 276

Forms for Assessing Individual Responses to the Silver Drawing Test 277

Appendix B Draw a Story 281

Form for Assessing the Story Content of Responses to the Draw-a-Story Task 288

Appendix C Stimulus Drawings and Techniques 289

Form for Assessing the Emotional Content of Principal Subjects and Environments 290.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.

Related Work:

Silver, Rawley A. Silver drawing test of cognition and emotion.

Silver, Rawley A. Draw a story.

Silver, Rawley A. Stimulus drawing techniques.

ISBN:

1583913521

OCLC:

48132034