DOCTYPE = ARTICLE Projective Drawings as Measures of Psychosocial Functioning in Siblings of Pediatric Cancer Patients From the

This research was conducted at a summer camp for siblings of children with cancer. Participants included 77 siblings (ages 6-17 years) and their parents. Before attending camp, 18 of the siblings had experienced the death of their brother or sister with cancer. Projective measures were administered before attending camp and 3 months after camp. These included the Human Figure Drawing (HFD) and the Kinetic Family Drawing-Revised (KFD-R). Siblings were adminis-tered both the HFD and KFD-R; parents were given the KFD-R. On the HFD, siblings ’ emotional distress scores decreased significantly pre- to postcamp. On the KFD-R, nonbereaved siblings and parents showed significant improvement in family environment scores. Bereaved siblings and parents also showed improve