Kinetic family drawings as indices of family functioning

Kinetic Family Drawings (KFDs) are Projective drawings which require the drawer to give 'action' to the depicted figures. A number of studies have been conducted following its inception in 1970. (Burns & Kaufman, 1970; 1972). Upon examination of these studies, however, it is evident that those studies pertaining to aspects of family functioning obtained significant results to a greater degree. It was the contention of the present study, that the KFD may be measuring aspects of family functioning. The present study thus incorporated a measure of family functioning, the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) (Epstein, Baldwin & Bishop, 1983), to assess whether KFD depictions were indices of family functioning. The results were obtained through KFDs of 96 individuals who constituted 24 families. These individuals consisted of (n=48) parents and (n=48) adolescents. Due to constraints of research design, there were unequal numbers of males and females i.e. 38 males and 58 females.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

1989

Author dc:creator

• Betts, Jennifer

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Faber, Phillip

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15863

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/15863