TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental Items of Human Figure Drawing
T2 - Dance/Movement Therapy for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
AU - Barnet-López, Silvia
AU - Pérez-Testor, Susana
AU - Cabedo-Sanromà, Josep
AU - Gozzoli, Caterina
AU - Oviedo, Guillermo R.
AU - Guerra-Balic, Myriam
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the National RDI Plan (DEP2012-38984). This study was conducted with the support with a grant provided by de Fundació Blanquerna, Beca Recerca Blanquerna.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, American Dance Therapy Association.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the characteristics of human figure drawing in adults with intellectual disabilities, and to evaluate the developmental items after a 3-month intervention program using dance/movement therapy. The program consisted of 26 sessions lasting 1-h each held twice weekly for 3 months. A group of 30 adults with intellectual disabilities participated. Before and after the program, the Koppitz human figure drawing test was applied to evaluate body knowledge through the developmental items, evaluating elements of the person’s cognitive developmental and maturity. After the intervention, results indicated improved body knowledge in the participants and a significant increase in the scores on the developmental items at the end of the program.
AB - The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the characteristics of human figure drawing in adults with intellectual disabilities, and to evaluate the developmental items after a 3-month intervention program using dance/movement therapy. The program consisted of 26 sessions lasting 1-h each held twice weekly for 3 months. A group of 30 adults with intellectual disabilities participated. Before and after the program, the Koppitz human figure drawing test was applied to evaluate body knowledge through the developmental items, evaluating elements of the person’s cognitive developmental and maturity. After the intervention, results indicated improved body knowledge in the participants and a significant increase in the scores on the developmental items at the end of the program.
KW - Body knowledge
KW - Dance/movement therapy
KW - Human figure drawing
KW - Intellectual disability
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UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000433825700004
U2 - 10.1007/s10465-015-9201-1
DO - 10.1007/s10465-015-9201-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84947867185
SN - 0146-3721
VL - 37
SP - 135
EP - 149
JO - American journal of dance therapy
JF - American journal of dance therapy
IS - 2
ER -
