Family Drawing Test Research Articles

한국문화 부적응 결혼이주여성의 문화적응 스트레스 감소와 결혼만족도 향상 소집단미술치료 사례연구

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of small group art therapy on reducing cultural adaptation stress and enhancing marital satisfaction in immigrant women expressing maladjustment to Korean culture. The subjects were married immigrant women who attended a Comprehensive Welfare Center in S city. The small group art therapy programs were implemented 1 to 2 times a week, totaling 13 sessions from January 10th to March 31st, 2024. The Cultural Adaptation Stress Scale, Marital Satisfaction Scale, Person in the Rain (PITR) Drawing Test, and Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) Test were used as research tools and they were administered as pre- and post-tests for comparison and analysis. Qualitative analysis was conducted on the major changes over time according to these results. In summary, the results of this study indicate that small group art therapy had a positive effect on reducing cultural adaptation stress in married immigrant women expressing maladjustment to Korean culture. In the Person in the Rain (PITR) drawing tests, they showed changes in stress, coping resources, and coping abilities. Secondly, small group art therapy had a positive impact on improving marital satisfaction in married immigrant women expressing maladjustment to Korean culture. The Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) tests showed changes of conversations and interactions among family members. Thirdly, upon examining qualitative changes, group members visually expressed internal anxiety, leading to alleviation of emotional conflicts and psychological symptoms. Based on the above results, it is significant that small group art therapy suggests the possibility of being utilized as an early intervention program for reducing cultural adaptation stress and enhancing marital satisfaction in married immigrant women expressing maladjustment to Korean culture.

“Silent screams”: Family perceptions in the drawings of incest victim children

PurposeThis study aimed to examine the family perceptions in the drawings of children exposed to incest. Design and methodsThis qualitative research involved 25 child survivors of incest, all of whom were examined and subjected to forensic interviews at a facility in northern Türkiye specializing in cases of child sexual abuse. The data were collected using the “Child and Family Descriptive Information Form”, the “Abuser Descriptive Information Form”, the “Family Drawing Test”, and the “Semi-structured Interview Form”. ResultsThe children's drawings were subjected to a projective analysis, leading to the identification of three key themes: the distress of confronting incest; unbalanced power and role allocation in the family; and dysfunctional family dynamics.”. These themes were discerned by examining the connections and coherence between the categories. ConclusionIt is concluded in the study that who are exposed to incest perceived a trauma experience that affected the whole family, perceived unbalanced power and role allocation in the family with authoritarian-aggressive and submissive-oppressed roles, and had negative perceptions of family dynamics such as emotional ties, family integrity, and social interaction. Implications to practiceThis study emphasizes the need to restructure the issues of familial trauma, power and role imbalance, and unmet needs within the family while planning for trauma in nursing approaches to children who are victims of incest.

Determining family relations through drawing: Family relations in images drawn by immigrant children

PurposeThe aim of the study was to evaluate family relations of immigrant children with the drawing method. Design and methodsThe sample, which was carried out using the visual phenomenology method, consisted of 60 immigrant children between the ages of 4–14. The data were collected by face-to-face interviews with the children and family, using the Family Information Form and the Family Drawing Test. The data obtained from the drawings were analyzed with the MAXQDA 2022 program. ResultsThe pictures drawn by the children were examined and 3 themes (Chaos, Necessity, Development) and 9 sub-themes (Interpersonal Relations, Thoughts about Future, Violence, Authority, Emotional State, Communication, Needs and Desires, Role Modeling, Personality) were formed. ConclusionsIt was determined that the family relations of immigrant children were adversely affected, children had conflicts with family members, were exposed to violence, felt many emotions, such as fear, anxiety, loneliness, anger, longing, exclusion, and needed communication, attention, and support. Implication to practiceIt is thought that nurses could use the picture analysis method to understand the feelings and thoughts of children.

Kanser Tanısı Alan Bir Kardeşe Sahip Olmanın Aile Algısı Üzerine Etkisi: Sağlıklı Kardeşlerin Resimlerinin Projektif Değerlendirilmesi

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the family perception through a psychological drawing test in healthy children with siblings diagnosed with cancer.
 Methods: This descriptive study, using qualitative data collection and evaluation methods, was conducted on 20 healthy children whose siblings were diagnosed with cancer and who were treated in the pediatric clinics of a university hospital in Turkey. Data were gathered with Descriptive Characteristics of Family Members Form, Kinetic Family Drawing Test and Semi-Structured Interview Form.
 Results: In most of the paintings, the mother was the first to be drawn as the most cherished and desired family member. The energy of the movement was negative in most of the drawings. According to projective analysis, the majority of healthy siblings had a perception of isolation in the family.
 Conclusion: Healthy children having siblings diagnosed as cancer were found to have negative family perceptions. They had negative perceptions, especially about their position/role in the family.

Family mosaic in the drawings of children from patchwork families

The creation of a patchwork (reconstructed) family is a challenge both for the entire family systems that make up this family mosaic and for each of its member. The aim of the study, the results of which we present in this article, was to characterise the psychological functioning of the youngest children raised in reconstructed families in the following areas: family structure, interpersonal relations, place of the studied child and his/her adaptation in the reconstructed family, overt and covert family conflicts. The study was conducted in a qualitative research strategy in an interpretative paradigm, using the individual case method. By opting for an inductive order of the research, we consciously refrained from posing hypotheses, remaining to ask the following research questions: (a) How do the interviewed children perceive the structure of their patchwork family?; (b) How do the interviewed children describe the interpersonal relationships in the new family, with a particular focus on the perception of the role of the new patchwork family member (stepfather/stepmother/half sibling)?; (c) How do the interviewed children perceive themselves and their place in the new reconstructed family?; (d) Do and which family conflicts most often arise in the new family systems from the perspective of the youngest children?; (e) How the interviewed children adapted to the current family situation? In order to get to the inner picture of the family situation of a child raised in a patchwork family and his/her self-image as a member of such a family group, we used the projection method of the Family Drawing Test. The article presents the results of the analysis of drawings of three children aged 911 years raised in patchwork families. The research findings presented in the article indicate that the children involved in the study reveal difficulties in defining the external boundaries of the family, often experiencing conflicts of loyalty to the biological parent, who is outside the system on a daily basis. In addition, the results show that some of the interviewed children did not draw themselves, did not included their biological father in the drawing, or did not include their stepfather, mother's partner and foster siblings as new family members, which indicates the experienced difficulties in building interpersonal relationships in a new family and finding their place in it.

Comparison of Aggressive and Depressive Reactions, and Regression Defence Mechanism in Siblings of Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down Syndrome based on Family Drawing Test

Comparison of Aggressive and Depressive Reactions, and Regression Defence Mechanism in Siblings of Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down Syndrome based on Family Drawing Test

Comparatively, interpret the family drawings test for normal and divorced children as well as orphans and abandoned (9 to 14 years old) with an emphasis on the study of anxiety, depression, and aggression

Introduction: For childrens mental health, different levels of family environment dysfunction are considered as risk factors. Aim: The aim of the study was to comparatively interpret the family drawings test for normal and divorced children as well as orphans and abandoned (9 to 14 years old) with an emphasis on the study of anxiety, depression, and aggression. Method: The present study was causal-comparative research. The statistical population included children aged 9 to 14 years from normal families, children of divorce, orphans, and abandoned in Tehran. The sample size consisted of 50 normal and 50 children from the other three groups who were determined based on the purposive assignment method and available sampling. For collecting the data, the Buss and Perry's Aggression Questionnaire, Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, Child Depression Inventory, and also the Corman family Drawing test were used. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 through analysis of variance and multiple comparisons (Scheffe). Results: Findings showed that there is a high correlation between the scores of the anxiety index, depression, and aggression of children with the scores of these variables in the children's drawing test (P=0.000) on the other hand, the results of analysis of variance and Scheffe test showed that there was a significant difference between normal children and divorced children as well as orphans and abandoned (P=0.000, F=581.870) and the level of anxiety, depression, and aggression of abandoned children (196.15), orphaned children (186.69) and divorced children (174.55) was more than normal children (111.94). Conclusion: According to the interpretation of the tests, it can be concluded that children from divorced as well as orphans and abandoned children are more depressed, anxious, and aggressive than normal children and regarding these components, abandoned children were worse off than orphans and divorced children.

Comparison of Valuation, Devaluation and Family Relationships among Children with Substance-Dependent Parents and Children with Normal Parents: Family Drawing Test

Comparison of Valuation, Devaluation and Family Relationships among Children with Substance-Dependent Parents and Children with Normal Parents: Family Drawing Test

Comparing Family Drawing Test Indices and Behavioral Problems between Iranian and Afghan Emigrant Children, Isfahan Province, Iran

Background: Immigration can be accompanied by many psychological outcomes for emigrant families. Objectives: The present study aimed to compare family drawing test indices and behavioral problems among Iranian and Afghan emigrant children. Methods: The research design was a comparative and cross-sectional study. We included 550 Iranian and Afghan students aged 7 - 11 years in Isfahan Province from April to June 2017. Achenbach Behavioral Problem questionnaire (2001) was sent to their mothers for filling, and Drawing Family Test was conducted. After reducing the number of dropout students, the final sample reached 282 students (including 174 Iranian students and 108 Afghan immigrants)., SPSS-23 software and chi-square tests as well as multivariate analysis of variance were used for analyzing data. Results: The results of the chi-square test showed that there was a significant difference in some of the drawing indices, including size, rhythm, location of drawing, valuation, removal of person, and distances between two groups of Iranian students and Afghan migrants (P < 0.05). Also, the results of multivariate analysis of variance indicated that there was a significant difference among mean scores of behavioral problems and dimensions of somatization, thinking problems and anti-social problems in the two groups (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in other variables. Conclusions: According to the results, the children of the Afghan refugee group have more both behavioral problems and drawing indices than the Iranian group.

The Developmental Implications of the Use of Reproductive Technologies for Transgender People: A Comparative Cross-Section Protocol.

BackgroundToday, individuals and couples with fertility issues can use advances in biomedical technologies to conceive. Transgender persons also benefit from these advances and can not only actualize their self-identified gender identities but also experience parenthood. These strategies for persons to self-actualize and to access parenthood have improved the condition of transgender persons. However, some may question the welfare of the offspring because such transfamily forms are often confusing to many. The sparse research on the psychological well-being of children of transgender people is reassuring. However, the limited empirical research justifies more studies to be conducted with an evidence-based methodology to assess whether these new methods of parenting have any adverse impact on children.AimsThe current report details the protocol we built to compare cognitive development, mental health, gender identity, quality of life, and family dynamics in children of transgender fathers and donor sperm insemination (DSI) and two control groups matched for age and gende typically developing (TD) children and children from cisgender parents and DSI.HypothesisTo calculate sample sizes, we hypothesize no significant difference between groups.Subjects and MethodsSince 2008, married couples that include a transgender father have been able to access DSI and have started conceiving children in France. They are always invited to participate in research to assess their children's well-being. To date, the cohort includes 53 children in 37 families. We propose to carry out a cross-sectional comparative study exploring cognitive development with the Brunet–Lézine Psychomotor Development Scale or Wechsler's Intelligence Scales according to age; mental health with the Child Behaviour Checklist; gender identity with the Gender Identity Interview for Children; quality of life with the KIDSCREEN and the Adolescent Coping Questionnaire; and family dynamics with the Parental Bonding Instrument, the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, the Five-Minute Speech Sample, and Corman's Family Drawing Test. To assess possible subtle differences between children's family drawings, we will use a generalization of the “lady-tasting-tea” procedure to link qualitative and quantitative approaches in psychiatric research. Twenty raters [four child and family psychoanalysts (CHILDPSY), four adult psychiatrists (ADUPSY), four biologists working in assistive reproduction technology (BIOL), four endocrinologists working with transgender individuals (ENDOC), and four students (STUD)] will be randomly shown the drawings and asked to blindly classify them using a Likert scale according to whether the child has a transgender father.Statistical AnalysisAfter testing normality, comparisons between the three groups will be performed with appropriate statistical tests (Kruskal–Wallis, ANOVA, Chi2 or Fisher's exact test). For the “lady-tasting-tea” procedure, we will use a permutation test.EthicsThe study protocol has been approved by the CERES (Comité d'Ethique de Recherche en Santé) of Paris 5 University. Registration number is 2015/31.

Intervenção no ãmbito da perturbação da aprendizagem específica: uma investigação-ação

The aim of this paper is to report an intervention about the phonological processing near a 9-year-old child who attended the 4th year of primary school, in a group of schools in the central region of Portugal during the school year 2018/2019. The choice for this object of study was based on a case study carried out by the specialized professionals of this group ofschools, after the child has been signaled by the class professor who indicate a possible “dyslexia”, due to difficulties revealed during the lessons, namely in reading and writing. In order to start the evaluation in this case study, we applied instruments for data collection related to qualitative methodology, namely interview, family drawing test, material consultation, exploratory proof of specific dyslexia (EPSD), realization of copying, dictationand error-raising. Instruments related to quantitative methodology were also used: Proof of Word recognition; Test Trail Making – Subtest of the neuropsychological assessment battery of Coimbra (NABC); Raven progressive matrices; Wechsler Intelligence Scale (WISC-III); reading comprehension test. From the results of the evaluation, it was found that the student presented an intellectual quotient – Brilliant Normal Intelligence (High Medium).However, phonological difficulties were evidenced (exchanges, omissions and additions). Given the evaluation results, an intervention plan was outlined that aimed at achieving the objectives defined in order to optimize the student’s capacities. We concluded that in order to achieve the success it is imperative that there be involvement among all the participants in the education of the child (school, parents, pupils, teachers, specialized technicians) and that it needs to be permanently a teamwork.

Using a Mixed-Methods Approach to Analyze Traumatic Experiences and Factors of Vulnerability Among Adolescent Victims of Bullying.

A number of studies have analyzed the bullying phenomenon among adolescent victims. Relatively few studies, however, have specifically addressed the associated post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our clinical practice and therapeutic encounters with adolescents reveal that the majority of bullied adolescents suffer from high levels of PTSD. The objective of this study is to further explore bullied adolescents’ traumatic experiences. In an attempt to analyze these experiences, this article presents a mixed-methods approach. Such an approach will allow to analyze the PTSD that results from bullying as well as subjects’ psychic and family-relevant vulnerabilities. First, bullying will be defined in the context of adolescence. Then the main studies on bullying will be presented. The objectives, tools and methods of analysis will be presented. The interviews will be analyzed according to the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method. Projective tools, family drawings, Rorschach and Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), will be analyzed using a psychoanalytic interpretation method. Each qualitative tool will be used alongside a validated quantitative tool. The Clinical Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-CA-5 questionnaire) and the interviews conducted will thus allow to analyze PTSD and traumatic experiences. The Family Assessment Device (FAD) and the family drawing test will enable to assess family functioning; lastly, the Symptom Check List (SCL-90) that will be used alongside Rorschach and TAT tests will allow to analyze individual psychological vulnerabilities. This approach will increase data validity. The originality of this research study is based on a mixed-methods approach, our methodology which is based on clinical psychology, and the choice of certain research tools which have received little attention to date. Ultimately, this study may help improve how bullying is identified and could contribute toward the reinforcement or revision of the criteria that characterize bullying. Lastly, it may help us explore various unexamined dimensions of bullying. A possible limitation is the complexity associated with such a protocol.

Связь характеристик рабочей памяти и тормозного контроля с особенностью ближайшего окружения дошкольника и его включенностью в физическую активность

The data on the influence of family circumstances on the quality of executive functions is conflicting. Hence, the purpose of the study was to identify the role of social and demographic factors in the formation of working memory and inhibitory control in preschoolers. In preschool age physical activity of the child is the family’s responsibility, therefore, we estimated the influence of physical activity associated with visiting sports clubs on executive functions. The study involved 77 preschoolers (55 % of girls) from Saint Petersburg’s kindergartens aged 5–7 (5.6 ± 0.5 years). To assess the working memory span and interference, a computerized method of memorizing visually presented stimuli was used (O. M. Razumnikova); to assess braking control, simple and complex sensorimotor reaction was evaluated (E. G. Vergunov, E. I. Nikolaeva). To assess the well-being of the child in the family, the Kinetic Family Drawing test was used in the modification proposed by R. Burns and S. Kaufman. Regression analysis revealed that of all the factors included in family circumstances, only the order of birth affects the amount of working memory and the number of errors in a simple sensorimotor response. Classes in sports clubs affect the amount of working memory at the first presentation of stimuli: children who have sports classes get involved in memorization immediately, they have a large amount of memory at the first presentation and more forgetfulness due to memorization (projective interference from the first memorization). The influence of family circumstances on the inhibitory control was not revealed.

Correlation between Personal Characteristics of Junior Adolescents and Their Perception of Relations with Mothers and Fathers

The article is devoted to the research into the correlation of personal characteristics of adolescents aged 11-12 with their perception of the relations with parents. Two hypotheses were put forward: 1) the existence of a connection between the teenagers’ perception of the child-parent relations and such personal characteristicsof adolescents as sociability, self-confidence, responsibility, sensitivity, social courage, risk appetite, and anxiety; 2) the differences in the correlations between the personal characteristics of adolescents and their perceptions of the relations with mothers and the relations with fathers. The research involved 106 adolescents (52 girls and 54 boys) aged 11-12 years. All the testees study in schools in Ekaterinburg (Russia) and are brought upin two-parent families. Constructs: Children‘s Personality Questionnaire (12PF/CPQ) (adaptated by E.M. Aleksandrovskaya); The Parent-Child Interaction questionnaire (I.M. Markovskaya); Family Drawing Test (Burns and Kaufman). The research results showed that contrary to the established opinion about the conflictual nature of the relations with parents during the teen years, the majority of adolescents (84%) are more or less satisfied with the relations. At the same time, they consider both their mother and father to be demanding, strict, and controlling them. Boys note the high demands by their fathers, and the girls feel more controland exactingness on the part of their mothers. The most personal characteristics associated with the relations with both parents are responsibility, sociability, and social courage. The level of anxiety among adolescents is higher the higher is the mother’s authority and less acceptance of her child, and the more demanding butinconsistent in these requirements, the less accepting the child is the father. Positive correlations were found between excitability and the nervous tension of children and severity of mothers and fathers. Such personal characteristics as a child’s self-confidence and sensitivity are more associated with a good relationship with their mother, and the appetite for risk is more related to the relationship with their father.
 Keywords: teenagers/adolescents/teens 11-12 years old, personal characteristics, the relations with fathers, relations with mothers.

Children’s self-image following abuse, development of resilience and family context impact: A Clinical Psychodynamic approach.

Objective purpose of this research was to study the consequences of intra-family physical abuse by the parent(s) on the development of children’s self-image, i.e. on the way they perceive themselves. Moreover, a second objective was to investigate if can occur due to a new environment, and especially a new family, which will provide security and warm to the abused children. Methods sample consisted of two young children. Both of them were seen three different times during sixteen months. first evaluation, which happened with the use of projective tests, similarly to the other two, took place two months after the children were placed into a host family, the second four months after the first session and the third one a year after the second session. projective tests used were: The Human Figure Drawing (HFD), Patte Noire ( Black Foot), Children Apperception (C.A.T.), The Family Drawing Test and the House-Tree-Person test (HTP). Results tests revealed that the emotional deprivation caused by the abusive behavior of the biological parents resulted in the development of a negative self-image. Furthermore, children with failing parenting models who were placed into a host family after their abuse and met one or more resilience guardians, who have been identified as positive identifiers, presented behaviors characteristic of resilience. Keywords : children’s abuse, self-image, resilience, familial context

Efectos de una intervención para la mejora de las fortalezas psicológicas en educación infantil, valorados a través del test del dibujo de la familia

El objetivo de la Psicología Positiva es mejorar la calidad de vida y prevenir la aparición de trastornos mentales y patologías. Su foco de interés es la prevención y desplaza la atención desde la tradicional y exclusiva preocupación por la reparación de los aspectos negativos de nuestra vida, hacia la construcción de cualidades positivas (Seligman y Csikszentmihalyi, 2000), apoyándose en aquellas características psicológicas positivas que todos poseemos en mayor o menor medida. El objetivo de este trabajo es mejorar las fortalezas psicológicas de los alumnos de Educación Infantil a través de la realización de actividades. La muestra está compuesta por 52 alumnos de Educación Infantil pertenecientes al segundo ciclo (3o de Educación Infantil) escolarizados en un centro educativo del municipio de Caravaca de la Cruz, al noroeste de M urcia (España). Se llevó a cabo un estudio de las fortalezas y virtudes psicológicas mediante el uso del Test del Dibujo de la Familia (Corman, 1967), con el fin de valorar si existían diferencias significativas en dichas fortalezas antes y después de una intervención para su mejora.

Lo studio del clima familiare attraverso il «Disegno della Famiglia a Colori» e il CV-FES: una indagine correlazionale

The aim of this work was to investigate the child’s family environment perception whom he belongs. The «Colour Family Drawing Test» (Biasi, Bonaiuto, & Levin, 2014 and 2015) and the structured questionnaire CV-FES (Pino, Simons, & Slawinowski, 1983) were administered, in a class way, to a sample of about 260 children (from 8 to 11) belonged to three primary schools of Rome, to understand the validity and the reliability of potential inconveniences’ indexes. According to the general hypothesis, children who perceive a harmonic and calm family environment by CV-FES scales, use «reassuring and playful» colours and graphic-pictorial language of «comfort»; otherwise children who perceive a stressful and conflicting family environment, use «alarming and serious» tonalities and graphic-pictorial language of «stress» (Biasi et al., 2015). Comparing the results, it emerged that 5 subscales on 10 of CV-FES are linked with graphic-pictorial language of «Colour Family Drawing Test». It was done a factorial analysis to identify underlying psychological concepts. It emerged a bi-factorial structure: the first factor, nominated «dynamic organization», refers to an active familiar organization in which each member can express and act himself; the second one, nominates «high control» refers to a high control which doesn’t allow the members’ expression.

Adaptive psychological structure in childhood hearing impairment: audiological correlations.

SUMMARYThe present research deals with the clinical and social problems present during linguistic and cognitive development of deaf children. Currently, the development of Theory of Mind represents an important research field in deafness studies. These international studies highlighted a significant alteration in the development of Theory of Mind in deaf children compared to normal hearing children, especially in cases of congenital or preverbal hearing loss. In particular, the research focuses on the skills of deaf children in recognising emotions and desires, through both perceptive and cognitive methods, by evaluation of psycho-cognitive skills of children with severe hearing loss using a set of questions to be administered to hearing loss patients. The experiment was performed on a group composed of 10 children (5 males and 5 females) aged 4 to 9 years and 54 to 108 months, affected by bilateral congenital hearing loss (severe to total), or hearing loss that developed in preverbal children the year before entering elementary school, or during the fourth year of elementary school. The selection criteria were based on: audiologic evaluation, neuro-psychological tests administered to assess general, cognitive as well as praxis and perceptive abilities, and clinical observations performed to assess psychopathology using tests that assess development of both visual perceptive (Coloured Progressive Matrices) and graphic representational abilities (Test of Human Figure Drawings and the Family Drawing Test). The instrument "cognitive" was the "Deaf Children Series", arranged by us, that consists of a mental status examination (MSE) that evaluates: level of cognitive (knowledge-related) ability, emotional mood, and speech and thought patterns at the time of evaluation. Deaf children show a reduced responsiveness to the expressions of sadness on the perceptive side. Through the test, we observed a psychodynamic defense mechanism considering perceptive understanding performance. On the contrary, in normal hearing children, the emotion 'fear' is the most difficult to identify. Deaf children seem to be more susceptible to recognition of visual emotions. Furthermore, deaf children present significant problem-solving skills and emotional recognition skills, possibly as a result of their hearing impairment.

Effects of an intervention to improve the psychological strengths in early childhood education, assessed through the Family Drawing Test

Positive psychology aims to improve the quality of life and prevent the occurrence of mental disorders and pathologies. Focus of interest is prevention and thus avoid traditional and exclusive concern for repairing the negative aspects of life. It looks for the construction of positive qualities (Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi, 2000), in base of the positive psychological features we all have. The objective of this study is to improve the psychological strengths in early childhood education trought the use of activities. Sample is composed by 52 preschool students at 2nd cycle of Pre-primary Education in Caravaca de la Cruz, north west of Murcia (Spain). Strengths and psychological virtues were evaluated though the use of the Family Drawing Test (Corman, 1967), to assess if there were differences or improvements after the intervention.

Effects of an intervention to improve the psychological strengths in early childhood education, assessed through the Family Drawing Test

Positive psychology aims to improve the quality of life and prevent the occurrence of mental disorders and pathologies. Focus of interest is prevention and thus avoid traditional and exclusive concern for repairing the negative aspects of life. It looks for the construction of positive qualities (Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi, 2000), in base of the positive psychological features we all have. The objective of this study is to improve the psychological strengths in early childhood education trought the use of activities. Sample is composed by 52 preschool students at 2nd cycle of Pre-primary Education in Caravaca de la Cruz, north west of Murcia (Spain). Strengths and psychological virtues were evaluated though the use of the Family Drawing Test (Corman, 1967), to assess if there were differences or improvements after the intervention.