Self Size and Placement of Self Depicted in the Family Drawings of Orphan and Normal Children

Differences in depicting the size of self and placement of self by orphan and normal children in relation to different family members was studied using family drawing method. 105 orphan and 100 normal children constituted the sample of the study. The results revealed that orphan and normal children differed significantly from each other with respect drawing the ‘size of self’ and ‘placement of self’ in relation to different family members. More orphan than normal children omitted ‘self’ figure in their drawings. More normal than orphan children have depicted the ‘size of self’ figure equal to that of all family members, size according to age and placed self figure close to mother, father and siblings.