Comparing clinical analysis of tree house person drawing among 12-14 years aged children in Shahed and ordinary groups

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MA. in clinical psychology, Research Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 MA. in clinical psychology, Kish Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish, Iran

3 Associate professor of military psychology, Imam Hossein Comprehensive University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The tension of war on veterans' children can be endangering the identity formation and growth, especially teenage girls. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical analysis among 12-14 years aged children in Shahed and ordinary groups.
 
Materials and Methods: The population of this causal-comparative study included 60 girl students in the first to third grades of median school during academic year of 2014-15 in Shahed families and matched ordinary girls. The samples selected via randomized cluster sampling. All girls evaluated through drawing of house-tree-person test.
 
Results: The results showed that the indexes of house-tree-person graphic drawings are higher among Shahed children compared to ordinary children such as anxiety, depression, impulsivity and lack of adaption but in the scale of low self-esteem, anger and relationship problems, there are no significant differences between two groups.
 
Conclusion: The results showed that the indexes of house-tree-person graphic drawings are higher among Shahed children compared to ordinary children.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 19, special issue
May and June 2017
Pages 375-378

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