ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the three scales that were used in the current studies to assess responses to the drawing task. They include Emotional Content, Self-Image, and Use of Humor.
The scale for assessing the emotional content of responses was not quite the same as the DAS scale presented in chapter 3. It was modified to make more specific the intermediate score of 3 points. Some ambivalent responses have hopeful outcomes whereas others have outcomes that appear hopeless. To include and quantify these differences, the scores of 3.5 and 2.5 points were added; 3.5 to indicate that an ambivalent response seems hopeful, and 2.5 to indicate hopelessness or despair. These additions to the Emotional Content Scale are shown in Table 5.1.
