HUMAN FIGURE DRAWING INDICES OF SEXUAL MALADJUSTMENT IN MALE FELONS

• NCJ Number: 49088
• Journal: JOURNAL OF PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES-PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT Volume: 32 Issue: 1 Dated: (1968) Pages: 81
• Author(s): G FISHER
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 1 page
• Corporate Author: Society for Personality Assessment, Inc
• Sale Source: Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

TO EXAMINE A REPORTED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN FIGURE DRAWING AND SEXUAL MALADJUSTMENT, THE DRAW-A-PERSON TEST (DAP) AND THE MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INDEX (MMPI) WERE ADMINISTERED TO 1,000 MALE FELONS.

Abstract

POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FIGURE DRAWING AND AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, AND TYPE OF CRIMINAL OFFENSE WERE ALSO EXAMINED. NO RELATIONSHIP WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE SEX OF THE FIGURE DRAWN FIRST AND THE OFFENSE, RACE, AGE, INTELLIGENCE, AND MMPI MASCULINITY/FEMINITY (M/F) SUBSCALE SCORE. THE MALE FIGURE WAS DRAWN FIRST BY 59.5 PERCENT OF THE SUBJECTS, A PERCENTAGE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE 85 PERCENT REPORTED FOR NORMAL ADULT MALES AND JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. THERE WAS, HOWEVER, A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTIAL NUDITY AND NUDITY PLUS GENITALS IN THE DRAWINGS AND DRAWING THE FEMALE FIGURE FIRST. OF SUBJECTS WHO DREW THE FEMALE FIGURE FIRST, 11.9 PERCENT INDICATED SOME DEGREE OF NUDITY AS COMPARED TO THE 7.9 PERCENT PARTIAL NUDITY FOR THOSE WHO DREW THE MALE FIGURE FIRST. SOME NUDITY WAS TWICE AS FREQUENT IN DRAWINGS BY ADOLESCENT DELINQUENTS AS IN THOSE BY ADULT FELONS (18 PERCENT AS COMPARED TO 9 PERCENT). THE MORE FREQUENT DRAWING OF THE FEMALE FIGURE FIRST IN THIS GROUP AS COMPARED WITH NORMAL MALES IS SUGGESTIVE OF GREATER DIFFICULTY IN ESTABLISHING MASCULINE SEXUAL IDENTITY. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (JAP)