Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Hugo Maynard
Term of Graduation
Winter 1979
Date of Publication
12-13-1978
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Psychology
Department
Psychology
Language
English
Subjects
Painting -- Psychological aspects, Communication in art, Artists with mental disabilities
DOI
10.15760/etd.848
Physical Description
1 online resource (2 volumes)
Abstract
This thesis presents the results of a longitudinal study of a painting class for a group of mentally and physically handicapped young adults. The author's observational journal and the students' paintings provided the basis of the thesis.
The author gave maximum freedom to her students and the students fully exercised creativity through their painting activity. This experience brought a new identity to the group. The students evolved from a collection of separate people into a cohesive social unit.
The author tries to show, in this developmental process, how intellectual and emotional events and problems were met and solved by the students in their painting activity.
In volume II, the author presents, in color, most of the paintings discussed in this thesis, together with a list of all the illustrations or "figures." Each figure has a caption which gives the figure number, the name of the artist, the medium in which the work is done, and the measured dimensions of the work to the nearest millimeter. The dimensions are given with the vertical measurement first and the horizontal measurement last. In most cases this date is precise, but it is sometimes impossible to state the exact day on which a work was done because of the inadequacy of the record.
Rights
© Yaeko Steidel 1979
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/4400
Recommended Citation
Steidel, Yaeko, "Group Painting as a Means of Self-Expression and Communication for Mentally Retarded Persons: Three Case Histories" (1978). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 848.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.848
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