Alexithymic characteristics in responses to the Synthetic House-Tree-Person (HTP) Drawing Test.
This study examined the association of certain complex personality traits assessed by the Synthetic House-Tree-Person Drawing Test and alexithymic characteristics assessed by the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale for a sample of 589 Japanese college students. Alexithymic students who scored over 61 points on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 exhibited two characteristics relative to the test: poor relationships between figures and additional written explanations. These two characteristics projected on the Synthetic House-Tree-Person Drawing Test may be related to alexithymic characteristics and related factors.
Fukunishi
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Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan. fukunisi@prit.go.jp
Mikami
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Kikuchi
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D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011386:Projective Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics