Citation

Lev-Wiesel R, Witztum E. J. Child Sex. Abus. 2006; 15(1): 105-117.

Affiliation

Graduate Art Therapy Program, Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. rachellv@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16551588

Abstract

This study explored whether child molesters can be differentiated from rapists in their self-figure drawings. To achieve this aim, the Machover Draw-A-Person test (Machover, 1949) was used. A sample of 41 male adult perpetrators of sexual assault, 19 rapists and 22 child molesters (all incarcerated in jail) participated in the study. Participants were given paper and pencil and were asked to draw themselves. Results indicated that self-figure drawings of rapists had more indicators of a violent aggressive behavior trait than drawings of child molesters, whereas exaggeration and emphasis of penis were more obvious in the self-figure drawings of child molesters. However, indicators of anxiety were not found to significantly differ between the groups.

Language: en