A comparison between the devaluation in the psychological projections of children from step families and non-step families based on the family drawing test

The birth of a step family as a consequence of divorce or death of one of the parents causes a huge difference in a child’s life which can change his entire psychological world. Drawing as one of the ways of psychological projections can display a variety of conflicts in children psyche..This study...

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Main Authors: Shirin Emami Ale Agha, Reza Pourhossein, MohammadAli Besharat, masoud Gholamali Lavasani
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Dr. Mahmoud Mansour publication 2014-12-01
Series:مجله علوم روانشناختی
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Online Access:http://psychologicalscience.ir/article-1-385-en.html
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Summary:The birth of a step family as a consequence of divorce or death of one of the parents causes a huge difference in a child’s life which can change his entire psychological world. Drawing as one of the ways of psychological projections can display a variety of conflicts in children psyche..This study has attempted to examine and comparison of psychological projections between children from step families and non-step families based on the family drawing test. In this study, devaluation as a content indicator in drawing projections was approached. The participants included 40 children from stepfamilies, 20 female and 20 male (parental divorce, the death of a parent, remarriage). Having a descriptive qualitative framework, these participants were selected based on a causal comparative method. The control group included 40 children from non-step families, 20 female and 20 male selected randomly. To analyze projections and devaluation in the drawings. Draw A Family (DAF) test was employed  The finding indicated that in all the hypotheses children from non-step families performed significantly different. Therefore, it can be generally concluded that the children from non-step families significantly displayed more devaluation of themselves and the family members in their drawings.
ISSN:1735-7462
2676-6639