Department of Psychology, University Toulouse II, Toulouse, France.
J Pers Assess. 2010 Mar;92(2):186-8. doi: 10.1080/00223890903510464.
In this study, we tested whether children and young adults varied the size and color of their tree drawings based on hypotheses related to the emotional characterization of the drawn topic. We asked a sample of 80 5- to 11-year-old children and adults to draw a tree (baseline drawing) and then a happy versus sad tree from their imagination. Results indicate that size, but not color, is used to express emotion under free drawing conditions. We discuss implications for clinical psychologists and practitioners interpreting drawings of the tree.
在这项研究中，我们测试了儿童和年轻人是否会根据与所绘主题的情感特征相关的假设来改变他们的树木画的大小和颜色。我们要求一个由 80 名 5 至 11 岁的儿童和成年人组成的样本画出一棵树（基线画），然后根据想象画出一棵快乐的树和一棵悲伤的树。结果表明，在自由绘画条件下，大小而非颜色被用来表达情感。我们讨论了这对临床心理学家和解释树木画的从业者的影响。
