Children's drawings as a projective technique

Abstract

“Forgetting” to include a family member is expresssive of a negative attitude towards that person, rejection or symbolic elimination . Figure 74 A boy of 8 years 6 months. Presenting problem: destructive, defiant, restless and disruptive at school (D in conduct), frequent lying. He has drawn father first, then his stepmother, and himself. He has omitted his 5-month-old half-sister, born of his father's remarriage. He does not consider this baby as part of the family. He often expresses fear that the baby will die every time she has a cold (wishful thinking). https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315831312/da2023d3-9ce9-4cd6-b570-c446a3e1a911/content/fig74_B.tif" xmlns:xlink=" https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink "/>

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