A Study of Children's Drawings in Clinical Psychology: Focusing on the Squiggle Game as Mutual Communication

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  • 臨床心理学における子どもの描画に関して --相互交流としてのスクィグルを中心に--
  • リンショウ シンリガク ニ オケル コドモ ノ ビョウガ ニ カンシテ : ソウゴ コウリュウ ト シテ ノ スクィグル オ チュウシン ニ

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The drawings of children are often discussed from the viewpoint of cognitive development, but this paper discusses the significance of children's drawing and the underlying mechanisms from a clinical psychological viewpoint based on previous studies. As children grow, symbolic drawing emerges from scribbles. Shapes then emerge, and things are drawn in an orderly manner. These developmental changes are related to various forms of psychological development. Children do not have substantial verbal skills, so the drawings become their means of communication, and in psychotherapy drawing is considered to be "playing" in the intermediate area. The squiggle game is mutual communication and has intersubjectivity. Children express what cannot be said through words in squiggle game. At the same time, squiggle game promotes their linguistic expression. In addition, children's drawing, including squiggle game, is considered to not only express the inner world to themselves and others, but is also a medium of mutual exchange between client and therapist. Therefore, it is possible to consider how children engage with others and the external world from their drawing.

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