Visual Narratives of Disability in Projective Drawing Test

Tiszai, Luca and Sándor, Katalin and Kálló, Veronika (2019) Visual Narratives of Disability in Projective Drawing Test. Pro&Contra, 3 (2). pp. 47-67. ISSN 2630-8916

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Abstract

Encountering someone with a disability may evoke anxiety but engaging in discourse about emotional disturbance is against the unwritten rules of acceptable behaviour in most Western societies. Attitudes toward disabilities are highly complex mental reactions which stem from a wide range of interacting factors. The aim of this pilot study was to uncover the various components of Hungarian adolescent students’ attitudes through projective drawing tests. The test instruction was to ‘draw a person with disabilities.’ One hundred and sixteen drawings by Hungarian 7th- and 10th-grade students and thirty drawings by 11th-grade students were examined by six independent professionals. The first and most noticeable aspect of the drawings was the personal engagement of the participants. Different patterns were identified as possible indicators of the drawer’s inner representations of disabilities referring to social status, active or passive social roles, social isolation, inclusion, personal- or problem-centered point-of-view, or the emotional aspect of the drawer’s attitude. The projective drawing test is a promising practice in education and research when planning or evaluating disability awareness projects

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