ArticleBrain sciences2020
Human Figure Drawings in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Possible Window on the Inner or the Outer World.
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- Projective in Time: A Systematic Review on the Use of Construction Projective Techniques in the Digital Era-Beyond Inkblots.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Evaluating Children's Drawings as a Means of Expression in Children with Chronic Diseases.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2025Article
- Drawing therapy based on embodied cognition theory on emotional expression and social behavior in students with autism: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Feasibility and cross-cultural validation of an adapted social skills group training programme (KONTAKTBMJ open · 2024Article
- The application of drawing tasks in studying cognitive functions in autism: a systematic review.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2024Review
- The effects of arts and crafts therapy on post-stroke executive dysfunction: a pilot randomized control test.Frontiers in stroke · 2023Article
- Art Therapy: A Complementary Treatment for Mental Disorders.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- The Challenging Heterogeneity of Autism: Editorial for Brain Sciences Special Issue "Advances in Autism Research".Brain sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundTests based on human figure drawings (HFD) have captured the attention of clinicians and psychologists for a long time. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the performance of HFD of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) relative to typically developing (TD) controls.
methodsAll children were asked to draw three human figures (man, woman, self-portrait) and were evaluated with a neuropsychological battery. HFD were scored according to the Maturity Scale, and correlative approaches testing maturity against neuropsychological scores were applied.
resultsASDs presented marked deficits in maturity. No significant correlation emerged for both groups between maturity and the theory of mind test. On the contrary, positive and significant correlations between maturity and the affect recognition test (AR) were found, with group-specific patterns. In TD, this result regarded drawings of others, but not self-portraits, while an opposite pattern emerged for ASD, whose sole maturity in self-portraits significantly correlated with the AR scores.
conclusionThese findings suggest that the use of HFD tests with individuals with autism may not be used in clinical practices. However, in basic research, HFDs could be used to highlight dependencies between drawing performance and neuropsychological features, thus possibly providing hints on the functioning of autism.
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