Graphic Representation of Organs
ond Organ Systems: Psychological
View and Developmental Patterns
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The Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, BRAZIL
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Espaço Gestalt Psychology Clinic, Curitiba, BRAZIL
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Università di Roma Tre, Rome, ITALY
Publication date: 2011-06-21
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2011;7(1):41-51
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ABSTRACT
The objective of this exploratory study is to characterize by means of drawings if the
developmental patterns in the graphic representation of organ and organ systems
progresses related to age of participants. Secondly, whether there is an integration of sex
organs into the internal body image. The drawings representing the inside of the body in
the conception of 396 Brazilian children of both sexes aged 5 to 11 year-olds and 237
adolescents boys and girls of ages 12 to 14 year-olds were classified according to a guide
for qualitative scoring criteria. The relationship between age and drawings was found
consistent with developmental patterns. The integration of sex organs into the drawings
representing body images, were equally evident with pre-adolescents of both sexes and are
discussed both on the perspective of psychoanalytical theory and mental models.