TY - JOUR
A1 - El-Shafie, Ali
A1 - ElLahony, Dalia
A1 - Samir, Mohamed
A1 - Biram, Khaled
T1 - Screening intelligence of primary school children using Draw-a-Person test
Y1 - 2019/1/1
JF - Menoufia Medical Journal
JO - Menoufia Med J
SP - 317
EP - 322
VL - 32
IS - 1
UR - http://www.mmj.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-2098;year=2019;volume=32;issue=1;spage=317;epage=322;aulast=El-Shafie
DO - 10.4103/mmj.mmj_580_17
N2 -
Objectives
The aim of this study was to screen intelligence among primary school children using Draw-a-Person test (DAP) in Alexandria, Egypt.
Background
DAP test was created by Dr. Florence Goodenough in 1926. It measures multiple developmental streams of progress like learning, cognitive, visual, and motor by having the child to draw any person, with scoring based according to the presence and quality of features. By comparing the raw score to the typical rates of drawing, the child's intelligence quotient (IQ) is obtained.
Patients and methods
This study was carried out on 1000 apparently healthy primary school children aged from 6 to 12 years in Alexandria, Egypt. Students were subjected to medical evaluation. Parents were given a personal/family data questionnaire by the students to assess their socioeconomic standard (SES), which also contained a part for the student's medical history to exclude any serious medical problems or chronic diseases that might affect test score. School achievement data were obtained from student's school file. Thereafter, the students performed the test.
Results
The study showed that the number of children with gifted intelligence was 24 (2.4%), with superior intelligence was 85 (8.5%), with average intelligence was 816 (81.6%), with borderline intellectual function was 41 (4.1%), and lastly, with mild and moderate mental retardation was 34 (3.4%). Positive correlations were found between IQ and SESs, school achievement, and residence. No correlation was found between IQ and sex.
Conclusion
The DAP test provides pediatricians with an easy and low-cost developmental screening device, alerting them to the possibility of developmental disorders.
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