title: Human figure drawing size as a measure of self-esteem.
abstract: The relationship between self-esteem and human figure drawing size was investigated. Seventy-six adolescents completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and drew the human figure. For males only. there was a significant linear relationship between self-esteem and width of human figure drawing and a significant curvilinear relationship between self-esteem and height and self-esteem and area of human figure drawing. The latter findings lend support to a hypothesis regarding the possibility among low self-esteem subjects of a bimodal distribution with respect to size.
authors.affiliation: School of Allied Health Professions, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Dellate
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Hendrickson