Date of Award

Spring 5-2004

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

EVMS School of Health Professions

Program/Concentration

Art Therapy

Abstract

Research in the mental health field on Filipino Americans and Filipino- American families is limited. In an attempt to further understand Filipino Americans, this study explores similarities and/or differences between drawings of Filipino Americans and non-Filipino Americans. Subjects consisted of twelve Filipino Americans and sixteen non-Filipino Americans. The Kinetic Family Drawing was utilized to determine graphic differences between drawings of both groups. It was hypothesized that there might be considerable visual differences between drawings by Filipino Americans and by non-Filipino Americans.

The results, however, did not support the hypothesis. When comparing Kinetic Family Drawings of Filipino-American subjects to non-Filipino-American subjects, only two items revealed any marked differences. Yet, when comparing Filipino Americans to the Caucasian and African-American subjects, the data showed more similarities and differences. Filipino-American subjects had similarities of 10% or less in three items with Caucasian-American subjects and very little similarities to African-American subjects. On the other hand, Filipino-Americans had differences of 42% or more in five items with African-American subjects. Further research is necessary to explore the study’s findings before drawing any conclusions about the attitudes of cultural groups in regard to families.

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