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

Table of Contents
Page Number
Chapter One: Introduction
1. Organisation of thesis
1
2. The argument for another art assessment 2
Chapter Two: Literature Review
1. Is there a way through the jungle? What kind of literature is
relevant to this study?
Literature search methods and exclusion criteria 30
Impressionistic and theoretical studies 35
Artists: Are they special cases? 42
2. Research Studies
Case and series studies 47
Expression of feelings 49
Changes or signs in content or form of artwork 54
Therapeutic Relationship 63
Summary of case studies 65
Controlled studies 69
Analysis 71
Summary 87
Validity analysis of the literature 88
Summary and conclusion 93
Reliability analysis of the literature 95
Summary of reliability study 136
3. Conclusion and Summary 141
Chapter Three: Positive Thinking: What are the common
psychiatric characteristics of paintings?
Meta Analysis of reliable studies identified by the literature 143
Conclusion for meta analysis 158
Summary of findings from the common results 158
Chapter Four: The Descriptive Assessment for Psychiatric Art
The ideal characteristics for a new test: Development of the DAPA 162
The DAPA test
Illustration of scoring procedure and rating guide 171-2
Methods Section 173
1. The Main Study 173
Sample 174
Instruments 178
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