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- Title
AGE RELATIONSHIPS ON THE DRAW-A-PERSON TEST.
- Authors
Lehner, G. F. J.; Silver, H.
- Abstract
Recent increased use of the Draw-A-Person Test (DAP) as a clinical diagnostic device has demonstrated the need for an experimental analysis of certain DAP test indices frequently employed in clinical interpretations. The present paper is concerned with an analysis, in normal subjects, of a variable frequently selected for interpretation when the DAP test is used as a projective device, namely the relationship between the subject's own age and the ages assigned to the male and female figures drawn. Relationships studied in the present research were those, which could be objectively established for a large group of subjects, rather than those involving clinical interpretations for any specific persons or group of persons. The DAP test was administered to 421 subjects, mostly college students. Of these 229 were men and 192 were women. Ages for the men ranged from 17 to 45, with a mean age of 2429, for the women from 18 to 54, with a mean age of 2439. Most of the subjects were members of a second semester course in psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles, some were members of other university courses, including adult evening classes.
- Subjects
DRAW-A-Person Test; PROJECTIVE techniques; PUBLIC institutions; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL sciences; PERSONALITY tests
- Publication
Journal of Personality, 1948, Vol 17, Issue 2, p199
- ISSN
0022-3506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-6494.1948.tb01207.x