Expressed Feelings in Childrens’ Drawings | Chapter 9 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 1

 This division aims to examine the toddlers’s feelings expressed in the illustrations made while they were rigidly under home quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quarantine is the act of divorcing and restraining the maneuverability of persons who are trusted to have been unprotected to a contagious disease to guarantee that if they manifest symptoms of the affliction, they may not be able to pollute others. The study secondhand a qualitative approach called Participatory Action Research (PAR). In this episode, Participation of 174 children from a suburbia community was made attainable through the assistance of their particular parents who dressed as co-facilitators of the researchers. Through the help of their persons, the children were provided illustration materials, inscribed instructions for drawing actions and food packs. Thematic study was used to assess the qualitative dossier, whereas u.s. city-square analysis was used to study the numerical dossier. The results showed that that the top 5 most accepted feelings expressed in the illustrations of the children are desire and longing (223 or 20.4%); satisfaction, joy and incitement (100 or 9.13%); followed by the impressions of appreciation and appreciation (74 or 6.76%); love (50 or 4.57%) and fear and nervousness as well as disinterest (which two together got a frequency of 37 or 3.38%). Furthermore, it was found that there is no recognizable difference in the emotions described in children's illustrations according to sex (u.s. city-square = .165 <.864); however, a distinct difference was found in accordance with age group (u.s. city-square = 81.509 >.00). It became evident in the babies’s drawings that they likewise suffer the same belongings of home quarantine such as worries, unhappiness, boredom and disappointments just like the men do. It was established that illustrations can be utilized as a weatherglass of children's poignant well-being since the minors's drawings articulated their feelings, thoughts, and central experiences. It was likewise determined that drawing projects can boost children's sentimental well-being.

Author(s) Details:

Marissa C. Esperal,
Southern Luzon State University, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines.

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