Upper Left Hand Placement of Human Figure Drawings as an Indicator of Anxiety
- 1 August 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 35 (4) , 336-337
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.1971.10119678
Abstract
The present study explored the validity of upper left hand placement as an indicator of anxiety in human figure drawings. The DAP and the IPAT Anxiety Scale were administered to 103 college students. Their drawings were then judged for the presence or absence of the indicator under investigation. A Mann-Whitney U-test was used to test for differences in anxiety scores between the indicator present and the indicator absent group. Significant differences were found (p < .01) supporting the hypothesis that upper left placement is a valid indicator of anxiety.Keywords
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