An Autistic Child Drawing in an Emotion Training :Case Report
Subject Areas :Vahid Moradi 1 , Saged Yaghoobnezhad 2 , Haghani Shima 3 , Marzieh Hasanpour 4
1 - Tabas school of nursing, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Southern Khorasan, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Instructor, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 - Professor of Nursing, NIDCAP Professional, Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Case Report, Autism, Emotion, Child,
Abstract :
Background and Aim: There are different types of data collection tools, such as questionnaires and drawings, which are common in autism studies. This case, which was reported, presents a boy who didn't score significantly on the Labeling of Emotions Training (LET), indicating no growth in the mother-child relationship according to the questionnaire; however, his drawings showed otherwise. Materials and Methods: An 8-year-old boy with high-functioning autism with an IQ of 92 who was studied in elementary school is the case reported. During an RCT study, he had drawn 2 different drawings. Results: However, the data from the main study showed that specifically, there was no significant improvement in the child's LET scores, indicating no effect on enhancing emotion perception in situations, including the mother-child relationship. Nevertheless, the child's drawings show signs of improvement in the mother-child relationship, as evidenced by features such as drawing his figure near his parent. Conclusion: Based on the findings, it is recommended that researchers pay closer attention to the comparative interpretation of autism drawings and data collected from other common tools in their research, and conduct further similar studies in this field.
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