A Developmental Analysis of 5-7 Year-Old Children's Human Figure Drawings

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the development of 5-7 year-old children's human figure drawings in relation to their age. The study is of a descriptive nature and takes as its study group 240 randomly selected children attending independent kindergartens, the preschool year of elementary schools and grade 1 in schools located in central Ankara. There were 40 girls and 40 boys in each group. An agerelated analysis of the drawings created by using Koppitz's Human Figure Development method showed a statistically meaningful development in all body parts drawn by 5-7 year-old children, other than heads and nostrils. In body part drawings, all body parts other than elbows and number of fingers developed meaningfully with age. All leg parts other than knees, profile, good proportion and clothing consisting of four or more pieces also developed meaningfully with age. The difference between children aged 5-6 years was not statistically meaningful, while the differences between those aged 5-7 and 6-7 were. Overall, 5-year-olds displayed 51,3% of the expected criteria in Extended Abstract PurposeRecent studies seem to value the importance of children's drawings in describing their psychological state and defining their perceptions and conceptions. These drawings have long been analyzed in relation to numerous variables. The present study focuses on developmental issues in children's drawings. As such studies are extremely rare in Turkey, it aims to identify the age-related changes in the human figure drawings of 5-7 year-old school-children over time. MethodThis descriptive study investigates whether the human figure drawings of children change from age 5 to 7. The children in the study group were selected randomly from the 5-6 year-olds attending independent kindergartens, and the preschools and first grades of elementary schools located in Ankara city center. Each age group included 40 girls and 40 boys, 240 children in total. Students in each age group were selected from 8 different schools. They were observed for a total of 12 hours over four weeks, followed by the implementation of data collection tools. The drawings were evaluated in relation to the 30 developmental criteria proposed by Koppitz in his Human Figure Drawing method.

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