Hacking S, Foreman D
Department of Psychiatry, University of Keele, UK.
Br J Med Psychol. 2001 Mar;74(Pt 1):35-45.
We classified 242 reliable scales from 12 art-based studies of psychiatric patients into 14 qualitative categories and also by three types of decision: form, objective or subjective content. We used meta-analytic techniques to combine and compare different results from studies testing the asssociation of art characteristics with psychopathology. Distinctions between controls and patients were more apparent than those between diagnoses. The largest effects distinguished patients and controls on categories of content, body details, energy and media control. Diagnostic groups were differentiated on energy and complexity. There were other less distinct differences for both types of comparison. There were serious criticisms of the quality of the literature, and a lack of information on validity and reliability, but this study suggests that art characteristics do relate to psychopathology.
我们将来自12项针对精神科患者的艺术研究中的242个可靠量表，按照14种定性类别进行了分类，同时还依据三种决策类型进行了分类：形式、客观内容或主观内容。我们运用元分析技术，对检验艺术特征与精神病理学关联的各项研究的不同结果进行整合与比较。对照组与患者组之间的差异比不同诊断组之间的差异更为明显。在内容类别、身体细节、能量和媒介控制方面，患者组与对照组之间的差异最为显著。在能量和复杂性方面，不同诊断组有所区分。对于这两种比较类型，还存在其他不太明显的差异。对于文献质量存在诸多严重批评，且缺乏有效性和可靠性方面的信息，但这项研究表明，艺术特征确实与精神病理学相关。
