The impact of audience age and familiarity on children’s drawings of themselves in contrasting affective states. / Burkitt, Esther; Watling, Dawn.
In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2013, p. 222-234.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The impact of audience age and familiarity on children’s drawings of themselves in contrasting affective states. / Burkitt, Esther; Watling, Dawn.
In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2013, p. 222-234.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - The impact of audience age and familiarity on children’s drawings of themselves in contrasting affective states.
AU - Burkitt, Esther
AU - Watling, Dawn
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The present study was designed to investigate the impact of familiarity and audience age on children’s self presentation in self drawings of happy, sad and neutral figures. Two hundred children (100 girls and 100 boys) with the average age of 8 yrs 2 months, ranging from 6 yrs 3 months to 10 yrs 1 month, formed two age groups and five conditions (n=20). All children completed two counterbalanced sessions. Session 1 consisted of drawing a neutral figure followed by a sad and happy figure in counterbalanced order. The drawing instructions specified the age of the audience (adult Vs. child) and familiarity (familiar Vs. unfamiliar) differently for each condition. Measures of colour preference were taken in Session 2. Certain drawing strategies, such as waving and smiling varied as a function of audience age and familiarity whilst others, such as colour use, did not. The results are discussed in terms of cue dependency and framework theories of children’s drawings and the need to be aware of specific characteristics of who children are drawing for.
AB - The present study was designed to investigate the impact of familiarity and audience age on children’s self presentation in self drawings of happy, sad and neutral figures. Two hundred children (100 girls and 100 boys) with the average age of 8 yrs 2 months, ranging from 6 yrs 3 months to 10 yrs 1 month, formed two age groups and five conditions (n=20). All children completed two counterbalanced sessions. Session 1 consisted of drawing a neutral figure followed by a sad and happy figure in counterbalanced order. The drawing instructions specified the age of the audience (adult Vs. child) and familiarity (familiar Vs. unfamiliar) differently for each condition. Measures of colour preference were taken in Session 2. Certain drawing strategies, such as waving and smiling varied as a function of audience age and familiarity whilst others, such as colour use, did not. The results are discussed in terms of cue dependency and framework theories of children’s drawings and the need to be aware of specific characteristics of who children are drawing for.
KW - Communication; audience; familiarity; drawing; affect
U2 - 10.1177/0165025413478257
DO - 10.1177/0165025413478257
M3 - Article
VL - 37
SP - 222
EP - 234
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Development
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Development
IS - 3
ER -