Rosebush Q - sort : counsellor assessment of child abuse
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Bowden, Sara
issued: 2010-12-13T19:42:24Z
issued: 1991
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The Rosebush Visualization Technique (RVT) (Allan & Crandall,1986) a projective art technique, and Q sort Methodology were combined in an experiment to test their usefulness in assessing sexual, physical and emotional abuse. Forty two children between the ages of 8 and 13 inclusive were selected from four groups; the sexually abused with a mean age of 9.5, physically abused with a mean age of 10.75, emotionally neglected with a mean age of 9.0; and children who had suffered neither abuse nor neglect with a mean age of 9.7. In accordance with the RVT, the subjects were instructed to take a minute or two to imagine themselves as a rosebush. Each child then inspected 24 drawings of rosebushes selected from a previous study using the RVT and representing a range of trauma from no known trauma to severe trauma, from amongst the four groups. Each child then selected and ordered the 24 drawings into those rosebushes that were most and least like their own visualizations. Each child subsequently developed a Q-sort of the 24 drawings that was analyzed by both Q-sort methodology and analysis of variance techniques. The results indicated that the Q-sort analyses did not support the hypotheses that traumatized children would select drawings completed by similarly traumatized children. However, a follow up repeated measures analysis of variance indicated a significant joint group x picture effect at the .05 level of significance. A study of these joint effects indicated that the two different groups, traumatized and nontraumatized, did in fact differentially identify some of the pictures, but not on the basis expected. This finding provides support for the hypothesis that children's preference for a set of pictures reflects their own background of abuse or non abuse. The implications of this finding for clinical practice and research are discussed.
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note: ROSEBUSH Q - SORT: COUNSELLOR ASSESSMENT OF CHILD ABUSE by SARA BOWDEN B . A . , Simon Fraser U n i v e r s i t y , 1987 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OR ARTS i n THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES Counse l l ing Psychology We accept t h i s thes is as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA A p r i l 1991 (c) Sara Bowden, 1991 In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of my department or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. Department of The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada DE-6 (2/88) i i ABSTRACT The Rosebush V i s u a l i z a t i o n Technique (RVT) ( A l l a n & Crandal l ,1986) a p r o j e c t i v e a r t technique, and Q s o r t Methodology were combined i n an experiment to t e s t t h e i r usefulness i n assess ing sexual , p h y s i c a l and emotional abuse. Forty two c h i l d r e n between the ages of 8 and 13 i n c l u s i v e were s e l ec t ed from four groups; the s exua l ly abused wi th a mean age of 9 .5 , p h y s i c a l l y abused with a mean age of 10.75, emot ional ly neglected with a mean age of 9.0; and c h i l d r e n who had suf fered ne i ther abuse nor neg lec t with a mean age of 9 .7 . In accordance with the RVT, the subjects were i n s t r u c t e d to take a minute or two to imagine themselves as a rosebush. Each c h i l d then inspected 24 drawings of rosebushes s e l e c t e d from a previous study us ing the RVT and represent ing a range of trauma from no known trauma to severe trauma, from amongst the four groups. Each c h i …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0053664
language: eng
degree discipline: Counselling Psychology
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30375