A Comparative Study on Family Perception between Abused Children and Normal Children by Kinetic Family Drawing.
10.4040/jkan.2006.36.2.265
- Author:
Haeng Ja LEE
1
;
Young Hae KIM
;
Nam Hee PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract ; Comparative Study
- Keywords:
Family perception;
Child abuse;
Drawings
- MeSH:
Child;
Child Abuse/*psychology;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
*Parent-Child Relations;
Personality Assessment;
Projective Techniques;
*Self Concept
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2006;36(2):265-277
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The study attempted to find family perception differences between abused children and normal children by Kinetic Family Drawing. METHOD: The subjects of the study consisted of two groups, 143 abused who were in the upper 25th percentile, and 150 normal who were in the lower 25th percentile. Collected Kinetic Family Drawings were divided into five dimensions such as actions, human figure characteristics, dynamics, styles and symbols, and they was analyzed with SPSS/WIN 10.0. RESULTS: In the perception about their family in action dimension, their family in figure characteristics dimension, their family in dynamics dimensions, and their family in symbols dimension, there is a sharp contrast between the two groups. CONCLUSION: Putting these results together, abused children feel lower self-esteem and feel more sense of alienation in their family than normal children do. In addition, abused children perceive their parents as negative and aggressive people.
