Date of Award:
5-1976
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Psychology
Committee Chair(s)
Elwin C. Nielsen
Committee
Elwin C. Nielsen
Committee
Michael Bertoch
Committee
J. Whorton Allen
Abstract
The present study investigated the "Draw-A-Male-And-A-Female" test to find if this variation of the "Draw-A-Person" test was a valid measure of male-female relationship variables, i.e., compatibility, happiness, warmth, and interpersonal anxiety and conflict. Two groups varying with respect to relationship (married group vs divorced group) were tested. A high school group was also tested. Three psychologists rated the drawings into a positive or a negative relationship group. If the male and female figures in the drawing had the appearance of warmth or pleasantness between each other, seemed compatible, and looked free from interpersonal anxiety or conflict, the picture was placed in the positive relationship group. The pictures containing opposite characteristics were placed in the negative group. The average inter-rater agreement was 72.9% This was a significant departure from chance at the .001 level of confidence,
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Recommended Citation
Hatch, Paul Charles, "Does the "Draw-A-Male-And-A-Female" Test Show Male-Female Relationship?" (1976). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 5744.
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