The Draw-A-Dog Scale, a provisional supplement to the Goodenough-Harris drawing test, consisting of 41 items was standardized on 120 white middle-class children. The mean CAs for the groups ranged from 5.8 to 7.7 yr. The test-retest reliability of the scale is .76 and scorer reliability .91.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AnastasiA.FoleyJ. P.A study of animal drawings by Indian children of the North Pacific coast. Journal of Social Psychology, 1938, 9, 363–374.
2.
BenderL.RapoportJ.Animal drawings of children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1944, 14, 521–527.
3.
BuckeW. F.Cyno-psychoses: Children's thoughts, reactions, and feelings toward pet dogs. Pedagogical Seminary, 1903, 10, 459–513.
4.
DavidH. P.Brief, unstructured items: The projective question. Journal of Projective Techniques, 1955, 19, 292–300.
5.
DesaiK.Developmental stages in drawing a cow. Unpublished B. A. thesis, Baroda Univer., 1958.
6.
DuboisP. H.A test standardized on Pueblo Indian children. Psychological Bulletin, 1939, 36, 523. (Abstract).
7.
FreedE. X.Normative data on a self-administered projective question for children. Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment, 1965, 29, 3–6.
8.
HarrisD. B.Children's drawings as measures of intellectual maturity. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963.
LevinsonB. M.Pets and human development. Springfield, Ill.: Thomas, 1972.
11.
LevyS.LevyR. A.Symbolism In animal drawings. In HammerE. F. (Ed.), The clinical application of projective drawings. Springfield, Ill.: Thomas, 1958. Pp. 309–343.
12.
PiagetJ.InhelderB.The psychology of the child. New York: Basic Books, 1969.
13.
UpjohnE. M.WingertP. S.MahlerJ. G.History of world art. (2nd ed.) New York: Oxford Univer. Press, 1958.
