Body Image of Crippled Children as Seen in Draw-A-Person Test Behavior

An attempt was made to use the Draw-a-Person Test to differentiate between crippled and non-crippled children, as well as various subgroups of crippled children, with regard to body image, feelings of inadequacy, aggression, hostility, inferiority, etc. The performance of 50 crippled and 50 non-crippled children on Machover's Draw-a-Person Test confirms assumptions that (1) crippled children tend to express more aggression in their drawings than non-crippled children; (2) among the crippled children, the intensity of aggression differs according to different areas of insult; and (3) among the crippled children, the area of insult is indicated in some way. Thus, the D-A-P seems useful in the personality assessment of crippled children.