Conjoint Family Drawing: A Technique for Family Clinical Assessment

Gennar, Marialuisa; Tamanza, Giancarlo

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.015

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“…The joint activity of making the drawing allows the partners to express their representation of past relationships and to recreate situations that are typical of the partners' relationship (Snir and Hazut, 2012). Joint drawing is a task that is new to most participants, and as such, it invites them to express implicit content that is nonconscious and hard to express verbally; therefore, the result provides a much wider and deeper insight into their psyche than that provided by verbal diagnostic tools (Gennar and Tamanza, 2014;Gavron and Mayseless, 2015;Snir and Wiseman, 2016). Various researchers have identified the joint drawing as an expression of non-verbal communication and pointed out how the collaborators' perceptions of themselves, the other, their relationship, and recurring patterns of communication manifest themselves in this shared space (Sharabany and Hertz-Lazarowitz, 1981;Sharabany et al, 1994;Gavron, 2013;Regev and Snir, 2017).…”

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Friends’ Closeness and Intimacy From Adolescence to Adulthood: Art Captures Implicit Relational Representations in Joint Drawing: A Longitudinal Study

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This longitudinal study, employing a mixed-methods explanatory design, explored the power of art to express aspects of one's inner world using the joint drawing technique, which allows for observation and treatment of implicit representations of relationships. At Time 1 (T1, 1977-1978), 200 adolescents created a joint drawing with either a good friend or with a classmate who was not a friend and filled out the Intimate Friendship Scale (IFS) in relation to their best friend. In 2014 (T2), 36 women and 21 men from the original cohort completed the IFS with regard to a good friend and with regard to their spouse. The drawings were analyzed qualitatively to define pictorial phenomena that may be indicative of closeness. The analysis was conducted in accordance with the phenomenological approach to art therapy and with the principles of thematic analysis. Fourteen pictorial phenomena were defined, and a scale was constructed to quantitatively evaluate the extent to which each phenomenon was present in the joint drawing. This yielded a closeness score for each drawing. Quantitatively, no correlations were found between intimacy as measured by IFS at T1 and at T2. In contrast, there was a correlation between the degree of closeness in the joint drawing at T1, and the IFS score with the partner in T2, suggesting continuity over the 36-year time span. This correlation was likewise found when examined separately among participants who drew with a friend. The multivariate ANOVA (MANOVA) results showed a marginally significant effect for the interaction between closeness in drawing and drawing with a friend/non-friend-on IFS. An ANOVA showed that the IFS regarding the participant's best friend and their romantic partner at T2 was higher when the closeness in the drawing at T1 was higher. There was also a significant interaction between closeness in the drawings and the participant's IFS score regarding their best friend at T1. The differences between the joint drawing with the close friend and the non-friend are discussed. These findings, from a span of over 36 years, thus contribute to the validity of the IFS and the joint drawing technique when assessing closeness and intimacy.

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Section: Joint Drawing As An Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Friends’ Closeness and Intimacy From Adolescence to Adulthood: Art Captures Implicit Relational Representations in Joint Drawing: A Longitudinal Study

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Idee ed esperienze di lavoro clinico con la coppia in separazione

Cigoli¹,

Gennari²,

Tamanza³

2021

Terapia Familiare

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Il contributo illustra le linee concettuali di fondo che contraddistinguono il nostro approccio teorico alla coppia e alla separazione e il conseguente modello di intervento clinico. Le tre idee di fondo riguardano la concezione del legame di coppia come "oggetto terzo" rispetto ai partners che lo costituiscono, la considerazione della coppia come dispositivo di mediazione nella dinamica intergenerazionale e l'idea della separazione come transizione che ingaggia l'intera organizzazione familiare. Da questi presupposti deriva un modello di intervento clinico con le coppie in separazione che identifica - quale direzione elettiva della cura - l'esplorazione e la messa in luce degli elementi che ostacolano l'elaborazione della fine del legame e l'accompagnamento a una ridefinizione della relazione genitoriale per salvaguardare e rilanciare la generatività familiare.

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Evaluación de prácticas en la psicología clínica dominicana

Nicolas¹,

Martínez²

2015

PSIENCIA

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Clinical psychology, as an application of psychological science, must undergo a constant process of revision and development of its empirical foundations. The current study explores the scientific status of clinical psychology in the Dominican Republic, with a focus on three main elements: use of evidence-based practices, preference for clinical judgment over actuarial judgments, and knowledge of research methods and statistics. Additionally, we explore professional development practices, and other important elements for the responsible application of science. Our results indicate multiple weaknesses in clinical practice, including an excessive use of techniques with poor validity, strong endorsement of clinical judgments, general apathy towards active involvement in research, and lack of knowledge of basic methodological and statistical concepts. We discuss factors potentially related to these weaknesses, and propose possible steps to take in order to strengthen clinical psychology in the Dominican Republic.

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Conjoint Family Drawing: A Technique for Family Clinical Assessment

Cited by 3 publications

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Friends’ Closeness and Intimacy From Adolescence to Adulthood: Art Captures Implicit Relational Representations in Joint Drawing: A Longitudinal Study

Friends’ Closeness and Intimacy From Adolescence to Adulthood: Art Captures Implicit Relational Representations in Joint Drawing: A Longitudinal Study

Idee ed esperienze di lavoro clinico con la coppia in separazione

Evaluación de prácticas en la psicología clínica dominicana

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