O Desenho da Figura Humana de Machover aplicado em andarilhos de estrada
Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The presence of wanderings is more and more notable in brazilian roads. Several studies has been done with this population, but few emphasis has been given to psychological characteristics of this people. With the purpose to investigate personality aspects of them, the Machover’s Human Figure Drawing was applied in twelve wanderings sheltered in an assistencial institute of São Carlos (SP) city. The grafic produtions were valued and analyzed in their formal, general and content aspects. The formulated interpretations indicate that the studied people has a body-image branded by inadequacy and depreciation feelings. It had been noted the existence of sexual conflicts signals, hardness in social relationships and inclination to alcoholism. Those interpretations are not conclusives, but contribut to the compreension of important psychodynamics aspects of this populations.
Author: Rodrigo Sanches Peres
Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1570158833