Synthetic House-Tree-Person Drawing Test: A New Method for Screening Anxiety in Cancer Patients
Joint Authors
Yang, Guifang
Zhao, Liping
Sheng, Lijuan
Pan, Qian
Xia, Chunfang
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-03-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The synthetic house-tree-person (S-HTP) drawing test is a projective measure primarily designed to assess specific complex personality traits.
It is widely used in general psychological problems and mental illness such as psychological crisis intervention.
Applicability and validity of S-HTP drawing test in cancer patients suffering from anxiety are still unclear and there are no reports on such research.
The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of anxiety in cancer patients and to investigate the applicability of S-HTP drawing test in such patients.
Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and the S-HTP drawing test were applied to 167 cancer patients (58.7% male; 41.3% female), 52.92±10.43 years old.
On SAS, anxiety rate was found in 16.17% cancer patients.
Using the evaluation results from SAS as the dependent variable and the anxiety drawing characteristics as the independent variables, the logistic regression equation was established, and 9 drawing features were employed in the regression equation (χ2=56.982, P≤0.001, Nagelkerke R2=0.492).
It is concluded that there is a positive correlation between S-HTP drawing test and SAS for anxiety state of cancer patients (p<0.01).
S-HTP drawing test and SAS have interrater reliability and test-retest reliability.
Our findings indicate that the S-HTP drawing test could help in screening anxiety in cancer patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sheng, Lijuan& Yang, Guifang& Pan, Qian& Xia, Chunfang& Zhao, Liping. 2019. Synthetic House-Tree-Person Drawing Test: A New Method for Screening Anxiety in Cancer Patients. Journal of Oncology،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sheng, Lijuan…[et al.]. Synthetic House-Tree-Person Drawing Test: A New Method for Screening Anxiety in Cancer Patients. Journal of Oncology No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sheng, Lijuan& Yang, Guifang& Pan, Qian& Xia, Chunfang& Zhao, Liping. Synthetic House-Tree-Person Drawing Test: A New Method for Screening Anxiety in Cancer Patients. Journal of Oncology. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1184270