Development and Validation of Drawing-Based Emotional Processing Scale (DRAWEP) for Art Therapists

Asnat Weinfeld-Yehoudayan; Johanna Czamanski-Cohen; Karen L. Weihs; Miri Cohen

doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2024.2412435

Development and Validation of Drawing-Based Emotional Processing Scale (DRAWEP) for Art Therapists

Asnat Weinfeld-Yehoudayan, Johanna Czamanski-Cohen, Karen L. Weihs, Miri Cohen

School of Creative Arts Therapies

University of Haifa

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This study developed and evaluated the Drawing-Based Emotional Processing Scale for Art Therapists (DRAWEP) for measuring emotional processing. We collected 120 drawings from participants (aged 18–87). The study was conducted in two phases: (a) tool development through expert focus group discussions of 20 drawings, content validity and interrater reliability assessment; (b) assessment of 100 drawings for construct validity (factor structure, convergent and discriminant validity). In Phase 1 The DRAWEP tool was constructed. In Phase 2, four emotional processing factors were identified: art creation, making sense, organizing, and embodiment. Convergent and discriminant validity and reliability were satisfactory. DRAWEP may provide art therapists with a tool for evaluating latent contents of emotional processing. Further testing with clinical populations is needed.

Original language	American English
Journal	Art Therapy
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2024.2412435
State	Accepted/In press - 2025

Keywords

art therapy
assessment tools
drawing-based measurement
Emotional processing
validation study

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Complementary and Manual Therapy
Clinical Psychology

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