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Psychology 2011. Vol.2, No.4, 376-381 Copyright ? 2011 SciRes. DOI:10.4236/psych.2011.24059 Assessment of Drawing Age of Children in Early Childhood and Its Correlates Saziye Senem Basgul , Ozden Sukran Uneri , Gulcan Basar Akkaya , 1 2 3 4 5 Nilay Etiler Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, , Aysen Coskun 1 ?stanbul, Turkey; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Bakirkoy Mental Health, Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; 2 3 Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department of Education for Mentally Handicapped, Marmara University, ?stanbul, Turkey; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey; 4 5 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey. Email: senembasgul@ Received January 24 , 2011; revised March 28 , 2011; accepted May 7 , 2011. th th th Aim: The drawing ability of children develops parallel to their mental and physical development. The present study aims to investigate the compatibility of children’s drawings with their mental and physical development and variables affecting this compatibility in early childhood. Methods: Children between the ages 3 and 5 were asked to draw a human/child figure on a given sheet of paper and their drawings were analyzed. Results: 175 children were evaluated. The mean age was found to be 3.94 ± 0.81 and the mean drawing age was 3.42 ± 1.75. The drawing age was found to be statistically lower than the calendar age. It was found that children who had low birth weights, who did not go to kindergarten and who masturbated had lower drawing age. Low drawing age was not found t