A study of more than two hundred children using Rawley Silver's
draw a story test showed a strong correlation between aggression or
depression and certain types of artistic narratives; meanwhile,
unbeknownst to Silver, a pair of Russian therapists were using
Silver's assessment tests in a similar fashion with Russian
children and achieving similar results. Aggression and Depression
Assessed Through Art: Using Draw-A-Story to Identify Children and
Adolescents at Risk came about as a result of these studies, but
the book's scope goes beyond the numbers to investigate the
connections between a child's expression through drawing and his
violent behavior. The text, written mostly by Silver but with
chapters contributed by therapists from both the United States and
Russia, compares drawings by children who have already exhibited
violent behavior with those who have not, thus exploring the
potential of the test for use as an early identifier of children
and adolescents at risk for depression or inappropriate aggression.
Other chapters examine the changes in emotional state revealed by a
child's responses to standard art assessment tests, as well as the
cross-cultural applications of Silver's tests. Silver is recognized
as one of the earliest developers of art therapy in the United
States, and by providing mental health professionals with a tool to
help identify and treat disturbed children this book represents yet
another of her major contributions to the field.
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