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Pictorial Assessment of Interpersonal Relationships (PAIR)

An analytic system for understanding children's drawings

Bombi, Anna Silvia; Pinto, Giuliana; Cannoni Eleonora

Anna Silvia Bombi is Full Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Rome "Sapienza", Faculty of Psychology 2. She is author of several national and international papers as well as volumes. Recent books are "Corso di psicologia dello sviluppo" (with A.E. Berti, Il Mulino, 2005) and "Bambini insieme" (with E. Baumgartner, Laterza, 2005).

Giuliana Pinto is Full Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Florence, Faculty of Psychology. She is author of several national and international papers. Recent books are Le relazioni interpersonali del bambino (with A.S.Bombi, Carocci, 2000) and Il suono, il segno, il significato (Carocci, 2003).

Eleonora Cannoni is Researcher at the University of Rome "Sapienza", Faculty of Psychology 2.
Her most recent books are "Il disegno dei bambini" (Carocci, 2003) and "Lo sviluppo e la sua valutazione" (Kappa, 2006).

Serie: Manuali – Umanistica

Drawing is an invaluable means of expression for children, which has always appealed to psychologists for its direct communicative features, as well as for the possibility of transcending intercultural differences. This volume allows students and researchers to learn a specific methodology of pictorial data analysis. The characteristics of children's drawings of interpersonal relationship, such as friends, siblings, child-parent, are measured by means of six scales: Cohesion, Distancing, Similarity, Value, Emotions and Conflict, which can be used jointly or individually. The method has proven to be highly useful in psychological research on the development of interpersonal relationships.