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The family drawing depression scale
Author(s) -
Wright Jesse H.,
McIntyre Mary P.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198210)38:4<853::aid-jclp2270380428>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , rating scale , psychology , scale (ratio) , task (project management) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , macroeconomics , physics , management , quantum mechanics , economics
Described the development of a standardized rating scale for scoring Kinetic Family Drawings of depressed patients. The Zung Self Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and a Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) task were administered to hospitalized depressives who met the DSM‐III criteria for Major Depression. Using the Family Drawing Depression Scale (FDDS), family drawings were analyzed in the depressed patients, pre‐ and posttreatment, and in a group of normal control Ss ( N = 71). It is concluded that the FDDS is a useful and reliable measure of depression. Potential clinical and research applications are discussed.