The Application of the Goodenough-harris Draw-a-man Test to a Group of Iranian Children in the City of Shiraz

This paper reports on the application of the Goodenough-Harris DAM test to a representative sample of 1,195 Iranian children (548 boys and 647 girls) aged between 6 years and 13 years and enrolled in grades 1 to 5 of eight public primary schools in the city of Shiraz, southern Iran. As expected, the mean DAM scores of these children increased substantially from grade 1 to grade 5 and from age six years to age 11 years. There were, however, significant sex differences, in favour of girls, across all age and grade levels. Children from high SES schools also scored significantly higher than those attending low SES schools. DAM scores correlated from 0·30 to 0·45 (P < 0·01) with such criteria of academic achievement as teachers' ratings and marks obtained in mid-term examinations. The split-half reliability of the test was found to be around 0·80 while its test-retest reliability over a 12-week interval was 0·75. The mean score of Iranian children, however, fell substantially below the American norms reported by Harris

Developmental psychology · Test (biology) · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

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