Development of an Intelligence Scoring System for Human Figure Drawings

• Main Author: Hickox, Sherrie Danene
• Other Authors: Peek, Leon A.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1982
• Subjects: human figure; art analysis; Draw-A-Person Test.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504453/

This research proposed developing a multivariate intelligence scoring system for human figure drawings. The 115 subjects were drawn from clinical, medical, and noninstitutionalized populations. Initially, 72 of these drawings were analyzed for detail, proportion, perspective, and overall quality. The initial factor analysis revealed two factors corresponding roughly to the WAIS Verbal Comprehension and Perceptual Organization factors. DAP items evidencing high colinearity with FSIQ were retained. Two-stage regression of DAP items within subtests onto the WVAIS FSIQ using the data from all 115 subjects yielded the final model (R = 0.85, p < 0.0001). Cronbach's Alpha and mean item commonality were computed as estimates of internal consistency (0.95 to 0.999). A second factor analysis revealed six factors associated with intelligence in the DAP.