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An evaluation of the clinical utility of the Draw‐A‐Person Test
Author(s) -
Maloney Michael P.,
Glasser Anne
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198201)38:1<183::aid-jclp2270380132>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , test validity , psychological testing , quality (philosophy) , psychometrics , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , philosophy , epistemology
Evaluated the reliability and validity of objective scoring procedures on the Draw‐A‐Person Test. Handler's (1967) scales and other ratings of overall quality were used. S s were mentally retarded persons, hospitalized and nonhospitalized psychotics, and normals. Naive raters scored the protocols under blind conditions. Reliability estimates for both sets of scales ranged from 0.42 to 0.78 Positive evidence also is presented, which indicates that overall quality does relate to overall level of psychological adjustment. Group and scale differences are discussed.