The psychopathology of everyday art: a quantitative Study - World ...

Orientation of the researcher, what were the intentions:
Not known or stated
Cognitive -
Projective - projective methods, designed to elicit information about the
patient's problems, interpreted pictures as representation of self.
Occupational art as a stimulating or pleasurable activity for the patient.
Analytical used psychoanalytic theory and language to interpret patient's
painting in terms of archetypal imagery, universal symbols etc.
(may not have been traditional or valid).
Method of Study, description of the practical techniques of eliciting expressionistic work:
Projective Used a projective test or protocol with some standard meanings
for content.
Psychoanalytic Interpreted using psychoanalytic language and concepts (may
not
have been valid or intelligable).
Expressive Primarily eliciting emotional responses and individual expression.
Occupational Used art as stimulation activity or educational/social activity.
Comparitive Compared one painting or set with another on formal, content or
other grounds directly.
Form of Study, what type of material did the researcher extract from the study:
Formal Objective or stylistic elements.
Content analysis Interpretation of subjects of painting, of relationships
between elements of painting as representing patient.
Mix of content and style.
Behaviour Analysis of how the patient behaved in the session,
emotional, quiet etc.
Verbal analysis Psychotherapy with the pictorial element as a backdrop.
Other
Benefit to the patient, through expression of feelings from the making of art:
Cathartic/ Intense emotional sense of
reflective release with new insight.
Communication Able to talk about or refer to emotional experience.
Healing/symptom Patient feels better, disturbing
relief behaviour declines.
Developmental/ Patient behaves more emotionally
social mature, and interacts socially.
Relationship Patient draws comfort/value from the relationship with the
therapist.
13 scales to categorise Controlled Studies. Papers reported an empirical study of a psychiatric group with
one or more normal or patient control groups.
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