Group Project During Orientation

Examples of Second Year Master's Theses:

• Graphic Depiction of Separation Anxiety as Seen in the Drawings of Chronically Ill Latency Age Children by Jodi Leombruno
• A Comparative Study of the Body Images of Adolescent Diabetics to Adolescents with Eating Disorders by Susan E. Cheyne-King
• A Split Decision: Exploring the Efficacy of Utilizing a Perceptual Art Task in Assessing Right and Left Hemispheric Dysfunction and its Relationship to Mental Disorders: A Preliminary Study by Patricia Shepard East
• A Study of Adult Adoptees' Family Drawings by Sarah L. Welton
• A Study of Color Usage in the Artwork of Firesetters by Diane Lynch Tumblin
• A Study of Water Symbols in Alcoholics' Favorite Place Drawings by June Wren
• Aggression Depicted in Abused Children's Drawings by Trudy Martin Manning
• An Observational Study Examining the Relationship between Locus of Control and Media Selection in Adults by Jeanne L. Munden
• An Observational Study of the Graphic Manifestations of Body Image Disturbance in the Self-Portrait and Ideal-Self-Portrait Drawings Done by Women with Bulimia Nervosa by Shiela Marie Glynn
• Anxiety Manifested in Children and Elderly Night Fear Drawings by Ilene J. Spencer
• Attachment Organization as Manifested in a Drawing Task by Donna Kaiser
• Comparisons of Drawings of Pain Between Primary Caregiver and Child with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis by Jennifer Claire Barton
• Development of a Measure to Identify and Differentiate Borderline Splitting in Tree Drawings by Stephanie H. Brenner
• Differences in Visual Imagery and Spatial Perceptions in the Artwork of Right and Left Brain Stroke Victims by Chrystal A. Miller
• Drawings of Pedophiles as Related to Object Choice and the Self by Jane M. Bushman
• Effects of Art Therapy Techniques on Alzheimer's Patients with Emphasis on Object Recognition by Linda J. Condra
• Gender Differences and the Creative Process by Diane E. Kraynak
• Manifestations of Body Image Concerns in a Normal Population of Traditional and Non-Traditional Women as Manifested in the Draw-A-Person Test by Sarah J. Larson
• Manifestations of the Effects of Father-Daughter Incest within the Kinetic Family Drawings of Female Adolescents Identified as Incest and Non-Incest Victims by Dale Lynne Covington
• Manifestation of Safety Needs in Animal Drawings of Conduct Disordered Boys by Annette M. Hruska
• Personality Assessment Using Plant Identity Drawings by Jeanne Friedman
• Sun and Moon Drawings as Evidence of Jungian Archetypes by LeAnn Neubert
• The Classification of Formal Elements in the Artwork of Youthful Black Male Violent Offenders by Zena A. Calhoun, M.S.
• The Influence of Music on the Pictorial Imagery of Depressed Adults by Melissa Maeyens
• The Graphic Depiction of the Interracial Socialization of Children Through the Drawing Tasks of Hero and Criminal by Liza A. Paine
• The Utilization of Denial as a Coping Mechanism Evidenced in the Family Drawings of Adolescents Who Have Experienced the Loss of a Parent by Sherry M. Todd
• Indicators of Sexual Abuse in Children's Human Figure Drawings by Debra Goldstein Higgins
• Use of the Human Figure Drawing to Assess Self-Esteem in Pregnant Adolescents by Rosemary R. Juskevich
• Who Becomes an Art Therapist? A Descriptive Study of the People Who Chose Art Therapy as a Career by Lisa DuBeau