A Review of Picture Based Psychological Assessment tools for children and adolescents

Abstract

Children connect better with pictures than they do to verbal material. The review traces the application of pictures in the area of psychological assessment with children and adolescents. Pictures have been used as testing material in the domain of projective testing and self report formats. The pictorial tests available in each of the domains have been reviewed and separate analysis has been provided for each domain. The review focuses on the advantages of pictorial measures, their scope in the Indian context and challenges in development of pictorial measures.

Pictorial Experiences Scale for Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study

“…Apart from this it is particularly useful with younger children, children who have been through any form of abuse, children who may either have difficulties or may not know how to read and write and children with problems like expressive speech delay, pervasive developmental disorders, communication disorders or disorders impacting intellect and learning in a child. It is useful in these populations as the testing would have a lesser emphasis on the abilities of articulation or reading and would involve basic pointing [2].…”