The effects of brief and elaborate mood induction procedures on the size of young children’s drawings

Burkitt, E. and Barnett, N. (2006) The effects of brief and elaborate mood induction procedures on the size of young children’s drawings. Educational Psychology, 26 (1). pp. 93-108. ISSN 0144-3410

[thumbnail of EPsizenat__2_.pdf] Text
EPsizenat__2_.pdf
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.

Download (231kB)

Abstract

In this research, children were asked to imagine significant positive and negative life events with the use of mood induction stories to compare this type of mood induction with briefer, arguably less effective task instructions used in previous research. The main aim was to assess whether additional scaling changes would be made in relation to more meaningful topics. In support of previous findings it was found that children adjusted scaling in relation to positive topics only when briefer mood induction instructions were used. This finding contradicted claims in clinical and educational literature and showed that care is needed when designing instructions for drawing tasks which are intended to be used in assessment situations.

Publication Type: Articles
Uncontrolled Keywords: drawing, children, emotion
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1050 Educational psychology
N Fine Arts > NC Drawing. Design. Illustration
Divisions: Academic Areas > Institute of Education, Social and Life Sciences > Psychology
Related URLs:
Depositing User: Debbie Bogard
Date Deposited: 05 Mar 2014 12:09
Last Modified: 11 Aug 2017 12:22
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/1135

Actions (login required)

View Item
View Item
▲ Top

Our address

I’m looking for