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Alexithymic characteristics in responses to the Synthetic House-Tree-Person (HTP) Drawing Test
I Fukunishi1, N Mikami, M Kikuchi
1Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan. fukunisi@prit.go.jp
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|December 17, 1997
Abstract:
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.