英文摘要 |
Drawing can be used as a mediator and a nursing intervention to enhance child development, health care knowledge, expression of emotions and experiences, coping, and healing. The stages of artistic development reflect physical and mental development statuses. Lowenfeld and Brittain (1987) proposed 6 distinct stages of artistic development that define the creative growth of children from ages 2 to 17 years. These 6 stages have been explored to understand and interpret the nature of children's expressive art in the neuroscience, psychology and health care fields. This framework enabled us to understand the cognitive processes of children and to provide a holistic view of individual children. This article discusses child cognitive and physical-psychological development at the 6 stages of artistic development based on drawing expression, and provide several examples to illustrate the frameworks of the 6 stages. Based on these stages of artistic development, from the perspectives of physical-psychological and cognitive development, the clinical implementation of the use of drawing skills to assess and provide curative care to children are discussed. |