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INTENTIONAL COMMUNICATION IN THE TREE DRAWING TEST

1969; Wiley; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-9450.1969.tb00019.x

1467-9450

Raimo Konttinen, A. Karila,

Psychological Testing and Assessment

K onttinen , R. & K arila , A. Intentional communication in the tree drawing test. Scand. J. Psychol ., 1969, 10 , 129–136—One way in which relationships between drawing variables and personality traits may be conceived is by interpreting the drawing as intentional communication. Some implications of this proposition were tested. Five formal variables of tree drawings were studied: angularity, size, form level, shading, and pressure. Only angularity can unambiguously be given a communication interpretation; but the other variables, too, may perhaps be used for intentional communication.