Personality traits and the expression area of synthetic house-tree-person drawings in early adolescent Japanese
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Kato, Daiki
Suzuki, Mikie
Abstract / Description
This study surveyed the expression areas of the Synthetic House-Tree-Person drawing test (S-HTP test, Mikami, 1995) for Japanese early adolescents. The S-HTP test is a projective method in which subjects are asked to draw a house, tree, and person. The expression area is defined as the area of each drawn item, such as the house, tree or person. The participants consisted of 186 Japanese junior high school students and their S-HTP drawings were analyzed using path analysis. The relationships between the expression areas of each item in the test and the students’ personality traits were examined. The personality traits were measured using the Five-Factor Personality Inventory for Children (FFPC, Soga, 1999). The results show that personality traits of high conscientiousness were associated with larger houses (p < .10) and trees (p < .10). In addition, higher scores on openness to experience (p < .01) and on agreeableness (p < .05) correlate with bigger person figures as their size, whereas higher scores on neuroticism correlate with smaller figures as their size (p < .01). The findings also indicate that the total fitness of the model was sufficient (CFI = .984, RMSEA = .021). These findings may aid the development of useful criteria for future psychological assessments.
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Synthetic House-Tree-Person Test personality area and size of drawn itemsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-04-29
Journal title
Psychological Thought
Volume
9
Issue
1
Page numbers
67–74
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PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Kato, D., & Suzuki, M. (2016). Personality traits and the expression area of synthetic house-tree-person drawings in early adolescent Japanese. Psychological Thought, 9(1), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v9i1.164
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Kato, Daiki
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Suzuki, Mikie
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Date of first publication2016-04-29
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Abstract / DescriptionThis study surveyed the expression areas of the Synthetic House-Tree-Person drawing test (S-HTP test, Mikami, 1995) for Japanese early adolescents. The S-HTP test is a projective method in which subjects are asked to draw a house, tree, and person. The expression area is defined as the area of each drawn item, such as the house, tree or person. The participants consisted of 186 Japanese junior high school students and their S-HTP drawings were analyzed using path analysis. The relationships between the expression areas of each item in the test and the students’ personality traits were examined. The personality traits were measured using the Five-Factor Personality Inventory for Children (FFPC, Soga, 1999). The results show that personality traits of high conscientiousness were associated with larger houses (p < .10) and trees (p < .10). In addition, higher scores on openness to experience (p < .01) and on agreeableness (p < .05) correlate with bigger person figures as their size, whereas higher scores on neuroticism correlate with smaller figures as their size (p < .01). The findings also indicate that the total fitness of the model was sufficient (CFI = .984, RMSEA = .021). These findings may aid the development of useful criteria for future psychological assessments.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationKato, D., & Suzuki, M. (2016). Personality traits and the expression area of synthetic house-tree-person drawings in early adolescent Japanese. Psychological Thought, 9(1), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v9i1.164en_US
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ISSN2193-7281
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1615
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1981
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v9i1.164
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Keyword(s)Synthetic House-Tree-Person Testen_US
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Keyword(s)personalityen_US
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Keyword(s)area and size of drawn itemsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitlePersonality traits and the expression area of synthetic house-tree-person drawings in early adolescent Japaneseen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titlePsychological Thought
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Page numbers67–74
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Volume9
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