以繪畫抒發情感及描繪思維是兒童的本能。鑒於幼兒時期是形塑性別角色之敘事認同重要的發展階段,本研究援用八大主題意向及藝術四類現實做為理論架構,探討六位幼兒的自發性圖像小書創作,以理解幼兒自發性繪畫的創作意涵以及所呈現性別角色之敘事認同。研究結果顯示,自發性繪畫的創作歷程能提供幼兒探索內在自我並展演外在自己,不同性別或個性之幼兒於圖像小書呈現有不同的主題意向偏好以及心理現實傾向集中的狀況,並展現了同中存異的性別角色敘事,也發現幼兒受日常生活經驗與流行視覺文化的影響甚深。然而,研究結果亦顯示,部分性別雖相同但個性不同的幼兒也呈現有殊異性高的主題意向偏好及心理現實傾向。換言之,性別雖可能是幼兒繪畫表現差異性的影響因素之一,但當面對以性別二分法概論相關現象之論述時,應有所省察,以避免個體之特殊性被群體共性所掩蓋。
Children have the inherent ability to express their emotions and depict their thoughts through drawing. Given that childhood is an important developmental stage for the narrative identity of gender roles, this study uses the theoretical framework of "eight themes of story drawings" and "four art realities" to investigate the spontaneous drawing books created by six children in order to understand the creative implications of children's spontaneous drawings and the narrative identity of gender roles that they exhibit. The results revealed that spontaneous drawings provide children with the opportunity to explore their inner selves as well as express their outer selves. While children of different genders and personalities displayed varied thematic preferences and psychological realities in their drawing books, children of the same gender also showed both similar and at times rather different gender role narratives. Additionally, it was found that children were deeply influenced by daily life experiences and popular visual culture. However, children of the same gender but different personalities also presented divergent thematic preferences and psychological realities in their drawing books. In other words, although gender may be one of the variables that affect children's drawings, it is important to consider the constraints of the gender dichotomy when discussing various phenomena in relation to children's drawings, so as to avoid letting the generality of the collective overshadow the uniqueness of the individual.