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The inner formal structure of the H-T-P drawings: An exploratory study
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1998
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Exploratory StudyGeometryIndividual DifferencesSketch-based ModelingVisual ArtsGraphologySocial SciencesPsychologyDevelopmental PsychologyVisual LanguageH-t-p DrawingsGraphic DesignCognitive DevelopmentProjective DrawingsGeometric RepresentationDesignInner Formal StructureExperimental PsychologyDiagrammatic ReasoningInterrater ReliabilityHierarchical Cluster Analysis
The study describes some interrelated patterns of traits of the House-Tree-Person (H-T-P) drawings with the instruments of hierarchical cluster analysis. First, according to the literature 1 7 formal or structural aspects of the projective drawings were collected, after which a detailed manual for coding was compiled. Second, the interrater reliability and the consistency of this manual was tested. Third, the hierarchical cluster structure of the reliable and consistent formal aspects was analysed. Results are: (a) a psychometrically tested coding manual of the investigated formal-structural aspects, each of them illustrated with drawings that showed the highest interrater agreement; and (b) the hierarchic cluster structure of the formal aspects of the H-T-P drawings of "normal" adults.