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KMID : 0377220020270010135
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Medical Journal of Chosun Univercity
2002 Volume.27 No. 1 p.135 ~ p.145
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H-T-P test responses and psychopathologies in schizophrenics
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Hwang Gul
Park Sang-Hag
Kim Hack-Ryul
Cho Yong-Rae
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to compare the characteristics of schizophrenic subjects with those of normal subjects in the H-T-P test.
Materials and methods: Fifty-six schizophrenics and 53 normal subjects were examined and scored with the H-T-P test. And their drawings were scored by using 85 objectively scorable items developed by the author.
Results: The House : The schizophrenic subjects depicted less frequently, the houses of 2 or more floors, doors, ways or pave stones leading to the doors, door knobs, windows, accessory trees and animals, chimneys, smoke, and fences. The pictures of House drawn by schizophrenic subjects showed slanted houses. The Tree : Contrary to the expectation, keyhole trees and the looping lines of the trees occurred with low frequency in the schizophrenic group. The Person : The most striking differences of the two groups were the sexual depictions, moving objects, smiling face, appendages of clothes (eg. button, pocket, belt, texture etc.), and the constructional acuity of bodies, which occurred less frequently in the scizophrenic group. Another difference is the absence of ears in the pictures of the schizophrenic group.
Conclusions: In conclusion the H-T-P test can identify the psychological contents, cognitive functions, and social attitude of the schizophrenic subjects, based on the contents and structures of their drawings.
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KEYWORD
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HTP test, schizophrenia, psychopathology
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