How Do Children Who Understand Mixed Emotion Represent Them in Freehand Drawings of Themselves and Others?
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| Title: | How Do Children Who Understand Mixed Emotion Represent Them in Freehand Drawings of Themselves and Others? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Burkitt, Esther, Watling, Dawn |
| Source: | Educational Psychology. 2016 36(5):935-955. |
| 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: | 2016 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Children, Preadolescents, Emotional Response, Freehand Drawing, Vignettes, Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Likert Scales, Color, Coding, Psychological Patterns, Regression (Statistics) |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01443410.2015.1044942 |
| ISSN: | 0144-3410 |
| Abstract: | This research is the first to assess children's representation of mixed emotion using a freehand drawing task. Two hundred and forty-one 5--11-year olds completed a drawing and a colour preference task. Children heard a condition appropriate vignette about themselves or a protagonist designed to evoke mixed emotion, and were asked to draw the self or the protagonist experiencing neutral, happy and sad affect. Children who reported mixed emotions after the story also drew themselves or the protagonist experiencing mixed emotion. For mixed emotion, children used red, green and blue more in drawings of the protagonist, and yellow more in drawings of the self. Interestingly, strategies for mixed emotion drawings were similar to those used for happy drawings; more specifically, in drawings of the self, children were particularly more likely to use smiles (for happy and sad drawings) and fewer frowns. Findings are discussed in relation to self-presentational behaviour. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 65 |
| Entry Date: | 2016 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1099929 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This research is the first to assess children's representation of mixed emotion using a freehand drawing task. Two hundred and forty-one 5--11-year olds completed a drawing and a colour preference task. Children heard a condition appropriate vignette about themselves or a protagonist designed to evoke mixed emotion, and were asked to draw the self or the protagonist experiencing neutral, happy and sad affect. Children who reported mixed emotions after the story also drew themselves or the protagonist experiencing mixed emotion. For mixed emotion, children used red, green and blue more in drawings of the protagonist, and yellow more in drawings of the self. Interestingly, strategies for mixed emotion drawings were similar to those used for happy drawings; more specifically, in drawings of the self, children were particularly more likely to use smiles (for happy and sad drawings) and fewer frowns. Findings are discussed in relation to self-presentational behaviour. |
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| ISSN: | 0144-3410 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01443410.2015.1044942 |
