School-age children's fears, anxiety, and human figure drawings
Journal of Pediatric Health CarePublished 1 January 1999
Mary K. Carroll, Nancy A. Ryan‐Wenger
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Findings indicated that the most significant fears of the boys were in the categories of animals, safety, school, and supernatural phenomena, whereas girls were more fearful of natural phenomena.
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Because human figure drawings are reliable tools for assessing anxiety and fears in children, practitioners should incorporate these drawings as part of their routine assessments of fearful children.
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