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Draw-A-Person Intellectual Ability Test for Children, Adolescents, and Adults (DAP:IQ); Draw-A-Person Test (DAP); Draw-A-Person: A Quantitative Scoring System (DAP:QSS); Draw-A-Person: Screening Procedure for Emotional Disturbances (DAP:SPED); Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test (GHDT); HFD
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The human figure drawing test has evolved over many years of clinical use. The original Draw-A-Man Test (DAMT) was created by Florence Goodenough and later modified by Dale B. Harris; it was used to evaluate children’s intelligence. Administration time is about 10–15 min for those aged 3–15 years. The subject is provided paper and pencil and one of a number of test instructions, for example, “draw a whole figure, not a stick figure,” or provided three sheets of paper and asked to “draw a man, a woman, and yourself.” For the latter version, drawings are scored on 73 dimensions that evaluate different figural aspects, including body parts, motor coordination, and face and limb...
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Cunningham, C.M., Baron, I.S. (2018). Human Figure Drawing Tests. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1552
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