Children's Colour Use to Portray Themselves and Others with Happy, Sad and Mixed Emotion
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| Title: | Children's Colour Use to Portray Themselves and Others with Happy, Sad and Mixed Emotion |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Burkitt, Esther, Sheppard, Lisa |
| Source: | Educational Psychology. 2014 34(2):231-251. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Middle Schools |
| Descriptors: | Children, Emotional Response, Color, Freehand Drawing, Preferences, Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Elementary School Students, Junior High School Students, Foreign Countries, Vignettes, Self Concept, Interviews |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (England) |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01443410.2013.785059 |
| ISSN: | 0144-3410 |
| Abstract: | The present study investigated children's colour use in drawing tasks specifying single and mixed emotions. One hundred and eighty children (90 girls and 90 boys) between 4?years 11?months and 8?years 1?month (X?=?6?years 6?month) participated. All children completed two test sessions in counterbalanced order. Session A measured emotional understanding and colour use in relation to a brief story. Children's colour preferences were measured in Session B. Children used colours differentially across the drawing types and varied colour use in relation to depictions of other people and themselves using red and blue when depicting a protagonist with mixed emotions and red when depicting their own experiences of mixed emotion. The findings are discussed in terms of the need for caution when interpreting multiple and singular colour-affect associations in children's drawings and the need to further investigate children's understanding and non-verbal expression of mixed emotion. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 71 |
| Entry Date: | 2014 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1029129 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The present study investigated children's colour use in drawing tasks specifying single and mixed emotions. One hundred and eighty children (90 girls and 90 boys) between 4?years 11?months and 8?years 1?month (X?=?6?years 6?month) participated. All children completed two test sessions in counterbalanced order. Session A measured emotional understanding and colour use in relation to a brief story. Children's colour preferences were measured in Session B. Children used colours differentially across the drawing types and varied colour use in relation to depictions of other people and themselves using red and blue when depicting a protagonist with mixed emotions and red when depicting their own experiences of mixed emotion. The findings are discussed in terms of the need for caution when interpreting multiple and singular colour-affect associations in children's drawings and the need to further investigate children's understanding and non-verbal expression of mixed emotion. |
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| ISSN: | 0144-3410 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01443410.2013.785059 |
