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. 2022 Dec 20;13:1051406. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1051406

Table 7.

Distribution of frequencies and Chi-square test for Age and Gender for each category of the first administration of the DRAW.IN.G.

Macro-categories Categories Frequencies Frequencies and Chi-square test for age Frequencies and Chi-square test for gender
Ag1 Ag2 Ag3 p M F p
PHY_Space Garden 50.0% 60.7% 49.5% 46.0% 0.883 55.2% 44.7% 0.122
Class 18.9% 10.7% 10.1% 12.7% 8.3% 13.8%
Common spaces 18.9% 17.9% 17.2% 22.2% 19.8% 18.1%
All the school 10.0% 7.1% 13.1% 6.3% 12.5% 7.4%
Eating space 0.5% 0.0% 2.0% 3.2% 0.0% 4.3%
Sleeping space 1.6% 0.0% 2.0% 1.6% 0.0% 3.2%
Toilet space 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Other 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
PHY_Specificity Specific 38.9% 32.1% 33.3% 50.8% 0.137 28.1% 50.0% 0.003**
Generic 51.6% 53.6% 58.6% 39.7% 63.5% 39.4%
Specific in a general context 6.9% 14.3% 8.1% 9.5% 8.3% 10.6%
PHY_Location Indoor 37.9% 28.6% 35.4% 46.0% 0.187 30.2% 45.7% 0.085
Outdoor 55.3% 67.9% 54.5% 50.8% 62.5% 47.9%
Both 6.8% 3.6% 10.1% 3.2% 7.3% 6.4%
PHY_Architecture1 None 68.9% 77.8% 71.4% 61.9% 0.255 68.1% 70.2% 0.752
Walls 18.4% 33.3% 66.7% 57.7% 0.315 55.2% 63.3% 0.524
Floors 19.0% 16.7% 59.3% 73.1% 0.077 65.5% 56.7% 0.486
Ceilings/roof 19.0% 50.0% 63.0% 61.5% 0.839 62.1% 60.0% 0.871
Doors 5.8% 33.3% 22.2% 11.5% 0.378 17.2% 20.0% 0.786
Windows 7.9% 50.0% 25.9% 19.2% 0.295 20.7% 30.0% 0.412
PHY_Furnishings1 Indoor furnishings 56.3% 16.7% 55.3% 45.0% 0.052 46.7% 43.3% 0.17
Outdoor furnishings 63.0% 64.3% 48.5% 66.7% 0.697 48.4% 65.6% 0.74
BEH_Behavior Playing alone 26.8% 28.6% 23.2% 31.7% 0.542 40.6% 23.4% 0.021*
Playing with others 32.1% 35.7% 28.3% 36.5% 17.7% 36.2%
Learning moment 4.7% 10.7% 3.0% 4.8% 21.9% 13.8%
Observation of nature 8.4% 3.6% 11.1% 6.3% 8.3% 8.5%
Privacy moment 1.6% 0.0% 1.0% 3.2% 4.2% 5.3%
Not specified 17.9% 17.9% 23.2% 9.5% 5.2% 3.2%
Transition or wait 4.2% 0.0% 5.1% 4.8% 1.0% 4.3%
Eating moment 2.6% 3.6% 3.0% 1.6% 1.0% 2.1%
Sleeping moment 1.6% 0.0% 2.0% 1.6% 0.0% 3.2%
Toilet moment 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
REL_Representation People represented 80.0% 57.1% 80.8% 88.9% 0.002** 78.1% 81.9% 0.514
People not represented 20.0% 42.9% 19.2% 11.1% 21.9% 18.1%
REL_Who1 Child him/herself 92.1% 81.3% 90.0% 98.2% 0.051 92.0% 92.2% 0.962
Friends 44.1% 43.8% 42.5% 46.4% 0.902 48.0% 40.3% 0.337
Teachers 7.2% 12.5% 10.0% 1.8% 0.132 6.7% 7.8% 0.789
Familiars 2.6% 6.3% 2.5% 1.8% 0.613 2.7% 2.6% 0.979
REL_Configuration No one 20% 42.9% 19.2% 11.1% 0.071 21.9% 18.1% 0.854
Only self 38.4% 37.5% 48.8% 50.0% 44.0% 51.9%
Only friends 4.7% 12.5% 7.5% 1.8% 5.3% 6.5%
Only teachers 1.0% 0.0% 2.5% 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
Only family members 0.6% 6.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0%
Self&Friends 29.0% 31.3% 31.3% 44.6% 41.3% 31.2%
Self&Teachers 3.1% 12.5% 3.8% 0.0% 4.0% 3.9%
Self&Family members 1.6% 0.0% 2.5% 1.8% 1.3% 2.6%
Self&Friends&Teachers 1.6% 0.0% 3.8% 0.0% 1.3% 2.6%
REL_Position_horizontal Left 28.9% 31.3% 25.0% 33.9% 0.756 25.3% 32.5% 0.602
Center 47.4% 50.0% 51.2% 41.1% 50.7% 44.2%
Right 23.7% 18.8% 23.8% 25.0% 24.0% 23.4%
REL_Position_vertical Top 2.0% 0.0% 2.5% 1.8% 0.200 2.7% 1.3% 0.712
Center 51.9% 56.3% 56.3% 28.6% 48.0% 44.2%
Bottom 46.1% 43.8% 41.3% 69.6% 49.3% 54.5%
EMO_Climate Positive 74.6% 71.4% 67.6% 84.9% 0.326 62.9% 86.8% 0.015*
Negative 0.7% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0% 17.1% 5.9%
Mixed 1.5% 0.0% 2.8% 3.8% 1.4% 0.0%
Neutral 11.6% 7.1% 16.9% 5.7% 5.7% 0.0%
Not represented 10.1% 21.4% 11.3% 5.7% 12.9% 7.4%
EMO_Archetypes1 Land line 80.0% 88.9% 73.3% 86.5% 0.171 81.0% 78.8% 0.779
Skyline 64.3% 55.6% 71.7% 56.8% 0.230 65.1% 63.5% 0.857
Sun 66.1% 58.8% 63.3% 75.7% 0.534 63.5% 70.6% 0.459
Moon 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0% 0.0% -
Trees 39.1% 55.6% 28.3% 48.6% 0.071 39.7% 38.5% 0.894
Flowers 17.4% 11.1% 21.7% 13.5% 0.439 14.3% 21.2% 0.333
Rainbow 4.0% 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0.091 6.3% 1.9% 0.247
Animals 10.4% 16.7% 8.3% 10.8% 0.595 7.9% 13.5% 0.335
Monsters 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0% 0.0% -
EMO_Colors_tone Warm colors 11.1% 7.1% 16.2% 17.5% 0.241 13.5% 17.0% 0.001***
Cold colors 19.4% 35.7% 28.3% 20.6% 39.6% 13.8%
Both 42.5% 57.1% 55.6% 61.9% 46.9% 69.1%
EMO_Colors_variety One color 6.5% 7.1% 9.1% 9.5% 0.227 11.5% 6.4% 0.026*
Up to four colors 22.9% 39.3% 35.4% 22.2% 38.5% 24.5%
More than four colors 43.1% 53.6% 55.6% 68.3% 50.0% 69.1%
EMO_Position_horizontal Left 8.9% 0.0% 8.1% 14.3% 0.087 7.3% 10.6% 0.870
Center 88.4% 100.0% 87.9% 84.1% 89.6% 87.2%
Right 2.6% 0.0% 4.0% 1.6% 3.1% 2.1%
EMO_Position_vertical Top 2.1% 0.0% 3.0% 1.6% 0.483 2.1% 2.1% 0.771
Center 84.2% 92.9% 80.8% 79.4% 84.4% 79.8%
Bottom 15.8% 7.1% 16.2% 19.0% 13.5% 18.1%
MOT_Reason1 Playing 75.6% 18.1% 50.3% 31.6% 0.197 52.5% 47.5% 0.808
Learning 5.6% 38.5% 23.1% 38.5% 0.104 53.8% 46.2% 0.949
Observation of nature 11.5% 33.3% 48.1% 18.5% 0.156 45.7% 54.3% 0.266
Relationships 19.7% 19.6% 39.1% 41.3% 0.129 51.9% 48.1% 0.900
Privacy 4.7% 9.1% 54.5% 36.4% 0.617 54.5% 45.5% 0.916
Indoor/outdoor connection 1.7% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0% 0.504 50.0% 50.0% 0.904
Continuity with family 2.6% 16.7% 66.7% 16.7% 0.694 83.3% 16.7% 0.131
esthetic reasons 1.3% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.808 33.3% 66.7% 0.492
Functional reasons 2.1% 8.3% 50.0% 41.7% 0.460 66.7% 33.3% 0.330
Others 10.3% 29.2% 45.8% 25.0% 0.535 41.7% 58.3% 0.241
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Macro-category including non-mutually exclusive categories.

Ag1, Age Group 1; Ag2, Age Group 2; Ag3, Age Group 3; M, Male; F, Female; p, p-value from Chi-Square analyses.

*

p ≤ 0.05;

**

p ≤ 0.01;

***

p ≤ 0.001.