E-ISSN : 2733-4538
The present study tried to know the characteristics of DAP performance on depression. Human figure drawings were obtained from 30 depressed patients who had been selected from admitted or out patients in three mental hospitals. 30 college students were used control group. The index of assessing the drawings was structual and formal aspects of drawing such as size, omission, line, placement. The results were as follows: a) The drawings of depressed patients were shorter than that of normals. b) Depressed patients made more omissions in their drawings than normal subject. c) Depressed patients drew figures with a lighter line than normal subjects. d) The drawings of depressed patients were found to be more frequently on the upper left side.