What does children's art work tell us about gender?

Reeves, Joy B.; Boyette, Nydia

doi:10.1007/bf00986683

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“…The art also reflects a concern with getting their pictures "right," that is, as realistic and literal as possible. These findings are consistent with prior reports of gender differences that are in accord with gender stereotypes in school children's art (Cox, 1993;Feinburg, 1977;McNiff, 1982;Reeves and Boyette, 1983;Rubenstein and Rubin, 1984).…”

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A naturalistic observation of children drawing: Peer collaboration processes and influences in children's art

Boyatzis

Albertini

2000

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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A naturalistic observation of children drawing: Peer collaboration processes and influences in children's art

Boyatzis

Albertini

2000

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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“…Boys tend to be more aggressive and controlling, whereas girls tend to be more caring and more sensitive to others' needs (Libby & Aries, 1989). These differences are stable over time and can be observed in older children's drawings as well (Reeves & Boyett, 1983). Garvey (1974Garvey ( /1991 has pointed to the impact of the parents' sexual stereotypes on the toys they buy for their children.…”

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Relations Between Parents' Interactive Style in Dyadic and Triadic Play and Toddlers' Symbolic Capacity.

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Feldman

Namdari-Weinbaum

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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Play has a major role in the evaluation and treatment of young children referred to mental health clinicians. The present study examined parental correlates of preschoolers' symbolic play during dyadic and triadic play interactions. Boys' play contained more aggressive themes, and girls' contained more nurturing themes. Mothers displayed more caring themes during play with both sons and daughters, and fathers displayed more repair and construction themes. Mothers' and fathers' facilitative- creative interaction style in dyadic play predicted the level of the child's symbolic play. Co-parenting style marked by cooperation and autonomy predicted symbolic play during a triadic family session. Child intelligence predicted symbolic play beyond the parent's style during triadic but not dyadic interactions. The findings have implications for early intervention directed at increasing symbolic play in young children.

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“…It can easily surface the relevant issues experienced by children and thereby accelerates the professional understanding of children's experiences and provides opportunities for children to receive psychological support. Researchers have found that boys more than girls tend to portray violent and aggressive scenes in free drawings (see Feinburg, 1977;Reeves & Boyette, 1983). In the case study presented in this paper, I will discuss a boy's drawing about his anger and propose a model to deal with it, which, in this instance, led to a catharsis and expression of embodied emotion.…”

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Transforming Paper into a Therapeutic Drama Stage: A Case Study of a Chinese Primary Student on the Use of Drawing in a Drama Counseling Model

2023

Creative Arts Educ Ther

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This article presents a case study of how drawing paper can be integrated into a therapeutic drama stage. It will propose drawing in drama counseling as a new model of integral drama-based pedagogy. The article illustrates the connection of drawing, drama, and counseling. The model was developed by the author using the methods of integral drama-based pedagogy to counsel a Chinese primary school student who was angry about rejection and exclusion by his classmates. The study demonstrates how the student could use drawing paper to become his drama stage and how a student acted out a drama by drawing on that paper stage. The case study describes a method that could lead to a new therapeutic model in individual mental health counseling allowing for emotional catharsis, expression, and release. The article especially discusses the drawing in drama counseling model from Wu-wei of the Chinese culture.

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What does children's art work tell us about gender?

Cited by 15 publications

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A naturalistic observation of children drawing: Peer collaboration processes and influences in children's art

A naturalistic observation of children drawing: Peer collaboration processes and influences in children's art

Relations Between Parents' Interactive Style in Dyadic and Triadic Play and Toddlers' Symbolic Capacity.

Transforming Paper into a Therapeutic Drama Stage: A Case Study of a Chinese Primary Student on the Use of Drawing in a Drama Counseling Model

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