J Korean Acad Nurs.  2006 Apr;36(2):265-277.

A Comparative Study on Family Perception between Abused Children and Normal Children by Kinetic Family Drawing

• Lee HJ
• Kim YH
• Park NH

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.

Keyword

Family perception; Child abuse; Drawings

MeSH Terms

Child
Child Abuse/*psychology
Female
Humans
Male
*Parent-Child Relations
Personality Assessment
Projective Techniques
*Self Concept