van Rooij J J, Hazelzet A M
University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
Percept Mot Skills. 1997 Dec;85(3 Pt 1):919-28. doi: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.919.
The study investigated whether graphologists can infer extraversion from handwriting correctly. On the basis of three personality questionnaires, three persons (targets) were classified as extraverted and three as introverted. Ten graphologists independently analysed the handwriting of the targets and classified them as extraverted or introverted. Of the 60 (10 graphologists for 6 targets) classifications 58 were correct, which shows the graphologists assessed the classification of extraversion from handwriting. Graphologists agreed substantially on which characteristics of the handwriting were indicative for classification as extraversion or introversion. In each handwriting sample, however, both extraverted and introverted characteristics were present. Eventual classification may be based on the relative frequency of the two kinds of characteristics. Comparative studies like this one indicate that in research one should consider whether graphologists and psychologists share the same notion of extraversion.
该研究调查了笔迹学家是否能够从笔迹中正确推断出外向性。基于三份人格问卷，将三个人（目标对象）归类为外向型，另外三个人归类为内向型。十位笔迹学家独立分析了目标对象的笔迹，并将他们归类为外向型或内向型。在60次（针对6个目标对象，由10位笔迹学家进行分析）分类中，有58次是正确的，这表明笔迹学家能够根据笔迹对外向性进行分类评估。笔迹学家们在哪些笔迹特征可作为外向型或内向型分类的指标上基本达成了一致。然而，在每个笔迹样本中，既存在外向型特征，也存在内向型特征。最终的分类可能基于这两种特征的相对频率。这样的比较研究表明，在研究中人们应该考虑笔迹学家和心理学家对外向性的概念是否相同。
