Daum J M
J Pers Assess. 1983 Jun;47(3):243-9. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4703_4.
Under the assumption that similar findings by independent investigators imply a useful level of association between a feature in a drawing and a behavioral or personality trait, the human figure drawings of 200 aggressive or withdrawn male delinquents were evaluated and compared with both undifferentiated delinquents and nondelinquents with the expectation that the former groups would show a higher incidence of those features which have been associated with these respective traits. It was also hypothesized that using the features collectively would increase the accuracy of prediction over using individual characteristics. Significant differences were found for 6 of the 16 features, and predictive power was substantially increased by using all the features as indicators of their respective traits. These drawing characteristics have diagnostic value, but their relatively infrequent occurrence and the presence of most features in the drawings of all four groups require cautious clinical assessment of drawings exhibiting these features.
基于独立研究者的相似发现意味着一幅画中的某个特征与一种行为或人格特质之间存在一定程度的关联这一假设，对200名攻击性或孤僻型男性少年犯的人物画进行了评估，并与未分化少年犯和非少年犯进行了比较，期望前两组会表现出与这些各自特质相关的那些特征的更高发生率。还假设，与使用个体特征相比，综合使用这些特征会提高预测的准确性。在16个特征中的6个特征上发现了显著差异，并且通过将所有特征用作各自特质的指标，预测能力大幅提高。这些绘画特征具有诊断价值，但它们相对较少出现，且所有四组的画中大多特征都存在，这就需要对呈现这些特征的画作进行谨慎的临床评估。
