A study in the predictive ability of the Draw-A-Person Test

Psychologists are making increasing use of human figure drawings as a diagnostic tool. The Draw-A-Person Test (DAP), according to Sundberg (I96I), ranks second only to the Rorschach in use as a tool for psychological assessment. While there has been much research on some of the projective tests such as the Rorschach, there has been com.paratively little research with the DAP. What is more discouraging is the fact that in the research that has been done, there is little significant data upon which the clinician can base his judgments.