The body-image of physically abused and normal adolescents

✍ Scribed by Craig W. Hjorth; Michele Harway

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 295 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(198110)37:4<863::aid-jclp2270370433>3.0.co;2-a

✦ Synopsis

Compared the human figure drawings of h sically abused adolescents with those of normal adolescents. The Draw-I-Jerson test was administered to 00 adolescents, 30 of whom were victims of h sical abuse. Significant differences were found between the drawings o r t l e two groups on six of the eight scoring cri.eria utilized. Significant DAP as ects included erasure, clothing, detail, fingers, symmetry and arm position. d e drawings of the physically abused adolescents, taken as a whole, seemed to be indicative of poor body image with signs of insecurity, inadequacy, withdrawal, and interpersonal problems.

'This study was completed as part of the first author's doctoral dissertation at the California Graduate Institute. The authors are grateful to Boleslaw Wysocki for his comments on the manuscript. Requests for reprints should be addressed to the first author.