MIGLIAVACCA, Eva M. (1987) – Semelhanças entre o Procedimento de Desenhos-Estórias e os conteúdos dos sonhos: uma interpretação psicanalítica [Similarities between the Drawing-and-Story Procedure and the contents of dreams: a psychoanalytic interpretation]. Master’s Dissertation. São Paulo (SP), Instituto de Psicologia USP, 145 pp.
The objective of this research was to investigate any possible similarities between dream content and clinical material obtained with the Drawing-and-Story Procedure (D-E) within a psychoanalytic approach. It assumes that the material obtained by the D-E can be interpreted in the same way as interpretation of dreams, according to the Freudian interpretation of dreams. Freud’s oniric theory is outlined as well as the Drawing-and-Story Procedure that is a clinical tool used in personality assessment. The author then proceeds to present case material obtained from the administration of the D-E to 20 subjects. The Drawing-and-Story Procedure is analyzed in the following aspects: 1) manifestation of unconscious material; 2) Fulfillment of Desires; 3) Anxiety; 4) Condensation; 5) Displacement; 6) Dramatization; 7) Secondary Elaboration; 8) Reaction Formation; 9) Dispersion; 10) Personification; 11) Symbolism. Through the analysis of clinical material, the author concluded that the contents that appear in the D-E are similar to dream material, both as to the meaning and as to the unconscious mechanisms of dream formation. This conclusion adds a new dimension in the interpretation of the Drawing-and-Story Procedure.