Emotional indicators of aggression in human figure drawing of Afghan refugee children

The main aim of the investigation was to explore emotional indicators of aggression in Afghan refugee children in refugee camps. The study was conducted in 150 school going children, seventy five males and seventy five females, age ranges from 5 to 13 years with a mean age of 9 years. The emotional indicators for aggression contained 24 items on Human figure Drawing test [Gilbert, 1980]. The findings reflect the frequency of occurrence of specific indicators related to aggression among refugee children, further differences between males and females were also observed. Chi square analyses for the frequently occurring indicators in males and females, were significant only for emotional indicators of "Pressure" and "Claw fingers"