title: Children's drawings as facilitators of communication: a meta-analysis.
abstract: In an attempt to explore new methods for accessing children's voices, this meta-analysis explores the facilitative effects of offering children the opportunity to draw as an interview strategy as compared with a traditional directed interview. Based on this analysis, introducing the opportunity to draw appears to be a relatively robust interview strategy with a large overall effect size (d = .95). Both research and clinical implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA. driessna@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Driessnack
mesh_terms: D001155:Art Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D008016:Life Change Events; D008568:Memory; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012107:Research Design; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology