A construct validation study of the Human Figure Drawing Test |
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Authors: | J J Fabry J F Bertinetti |
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Affiliation: | Meyer Rehabilitation Institute, Omaha, Nebraska 68131. |
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Abstract: | To assess whether the Human Figure Drawing Test provides an assessment of nonverbal cognitive maturity, correlations for 31 youngsters who ranged in age from 6-0 to 10-10 on the Human Figure Drawing Test and the Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQs of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (WISC--R) were examined. Significant correlations were observed for each of the scales, but the value of .69 for drawings and WISC--R Performance IQs was significant, suggesting the assessment that these tests are largely nonverbal. Implications for the role of language were posited. |
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