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The Role of Genetic Factors in the Child Drawing Behavior - A Preliminary Twin Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Carla Candelori ,
Anna Oliverio Ferraris  and
Paolo Parisi
Carla Candelori
Affiliation:
Department of Child Psychology, University of Rome, Italy The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Studies, Rome, Italy
Anna Oliverio Ferraris*
Affiliation:
Department of Child Psychology, University of Rome, Italy The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Studies, Rome, Italy
Paolo Parisi
Affiliation:
Department of Child Psychology, University of Rome, Italy The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Studies, Rome, Italy
*
Istituto di Psicologia, Via dei Mille, Roma, Italy

Abstract

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A sample of 27 MZ and 32 DZ twin pairs, aged 6 to 12 years, has been tested with the Draw A Family Test. Significantly higher concordance values in MZ than DZ twins have been found with respect to some graphic-structural factors (i.e.: line, hand pressure, area of the drawing, dimensions of the figures, distribution, and shading) as well as with respect to contents factors, such as spatial representation and cotwin's valorization. These correlates of personality development would thus appear to undergo significant genetic conditioning.

Type
6. Twin Studies in Human Genetics
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1976 , pp. 218 - 220
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1976

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