The validity of handwriting elements in relation to self-report personality trait measures
- Titolo
- The validity of handwriting elements in relation to self-report personality trait measures
- Autore
- Robert P. Tett
- Cynthia A. Palmer
- Data
- 1997
- Lingua
- English
- Tipo
- Journal Article
Dublin Core
- Author
- Robert P. Tett
- Cynthia A. Palmer
- Tipologia documento
- Journal Article
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00183-3
- ISSN
- 0191-8869
- Abstract Note
- Research on graphology has provided mixed results regarding its validity in applied settings. Increasing popularity of this method (Edwards & Armitage, 1991) calls for continued evaluation. The current study sought to validate a popular graphoanalysis method proposed by Bunker (1979), which links specific handwriting elements to personality traits. Content-neutral handwriting of 49 college students was analyzed for 30 elements (e.g. length of t-cross) by two trained coders working independently. Participants also completed the Jackson Personality Inventory—Revised (JPI-R; Jackson, 1994), which measures 15 normal personality traits. Inter-rater agreement in handwriting analysis was moderately high (median reliability = 0.80). Both predicted and non-predicted correlations between handwriting elements and JPI-R scales were significant at around chance levels (i.e. 5%). In particular, of the 119 predicted relations, only six (5.0%) were significant in the expected direction and five (4.1%) were significant in the opposite direction. All told, current findings replicate those of previous studies and suggest limited value in hand-writing analysis as a predictive tool.
- Data
- 1997
- Issue
- 1
- Lingua
- English
- Pagine
- 11 - 18
- Publication Title
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Titolo
- The validity of handwriting elements in relation to self-report personality trait measures
- URL
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886996001833
- Volume
- 22
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Robert P. Tett e Cynthia A. Palmer, “The validity of handwriting elements in relation to self-report personality trait measures,” Grafoteca - Biblioteca Grafologica Digitale, ultimo accesso il 05 aprile 2025, https://www.grafoteca.com/items/show/928.