House-Tree-Person Drawings and Personality Traits

Abstract

Summary House-Tree-Person (HTP) drawings and Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) scores were obtained from 760 college men and women. Presence or absence of 108 drawing characteristics was compared with 16PF scores. Drawings judged indicative of personality disturbance were compared with the remainder. A number of significant but low correlations were found between characteristics and traits but little difference was found between the drawings supposedly indicative of disturbance and the remaining drawings. Marked sex differences in characteristic-trait relationships was the most notable finding.