Street children’s drawings: Windows into their life circumstances and aspirations.
Abstract
Drawings of the 'ideal person' completed by 82 children (aged 5 through 17) attending a programme for working children in Honduras were scored for content, emotional indicators and intellectual maturity. Analysis revealed that the content of street children's drawings could provide insight into their aspirations, resourcefulness and life circumstances.
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Children's drawing could be an investigative tool that benefits children who have difficulty with verbal expression, and through drawing the child can incorporate elements important to him or her in representing the phenomena depicted.
“children’s drawing could be an investigative tool that benefits children who have difficulty with verbal expression, and through drawing, the child can incorporate elements that are important to him or her in terms of representing the phenomena he or she depicts (DiCarlo et al., 2000; MacPhail and Kinchin, 2004).”
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“In general, drawings have some advantages over interviews, as claimed by several authors (Butler et al., 1995; DiCarlo et al., 2000; MacPhail and Kinchin, 2004).”
BackgroundResult
- Authors
- DiCarlo, M. A., Gibbons, J. L., Kaminsky, D., Wright, J. D., & Stiles, D. A.
- Affiliations
- Brown University (US)
- Saint Louis University (US)
- Foundation for Development, Friendship and Responses
- Tulane University (US)
- Webster University (US)
- Venue
- International Social Work
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 107-120
- ISSN
- 0020-8728 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7234
- OpenAlex
- W1528421289
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 2.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Social Work (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Homelessness and Social Issues
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Children's Rights and Participation
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Keywords
- street children, children's drawings, children's aspirations, living conditions, resourcefulness, emotional indicators, intellectual maturity, working children, Honduras
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