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ERIC Number: EJ517919
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0891-4222
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The Draw-a-Person Task in Persons with Mental Retardation: What Does It Measure?
Dykens, Elisabeth
Research in Developmental Disabilities, v17 n1 p1-13 Jan-Feb 1996
Draw-a-Person (DAP) samples from 108 adolescents and adults with mental retardation were scored using Naglieri's cognitive and emotional disturbance scoring systems. Visual-motor skills emerged as the best predictor of DAP cognitive scores, more predictive than intelligence. Findings suggest caution in using DAP as an index of intelligence or as a screen for emotional disturbances. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disability Identification, Emotional Disturbances, Freehand Drawing, Intelligence, Mental Retardation, Perceptual Development, Predictor Variables, Psychomotor Skills, Scores, Screening Tests, Test Validity, Testing Problems, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Draw a Person Test
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