Representation of Children Attachment Styles in Corman ’s Instruction of Family Drawing

Publication date: Available online 10 October 2017 Source:The Arts in Psychotherapy Author(s): Zahra Maghami Sharif, Nasrin Yadegari, Hadi Bahrami, Tahere khorsandi The purpose of this research was to determine whether Corman’s instruction of family drawing could be a suitable tool to measure different attachment styles in children or not and whether children’s attachment style is represented in their family drawing? Corman’s methods (1967) of family drawing have precise instruction that children can use to draw their desires about their family and life. Using multi stage random cluster sampling, 590 students were selected to complete the Attachment Style Classification Questionnaire (Finzi-Dottan et al., 2000). They were also asked to draw a family using Corman’s instructions. Data analysis was performed using two statistical methods (Pearson and Spearman correlational coefficient). The results showed that an increased level of secure attachment led to lower levels of evaluation of parents, devaluation of parents, omission of self and dissimilarity to one’s real family and higher levels of identification with parents (p˂0.05). Also as avoidant attachment increased, evaluation of parents, self-evaluation and proximity to one’s parents decreased and -devaluation of parents, omission of parents and dissimilarity to one’s real family increased (p˂0.05). Also increased anxious attachment led to less omission of parents and less representation of dissimilarit...

Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - October 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research