Reliability and validity of the tree-drawing test in medical undergraduates

VernacularTitle:画树人格测验医学生应用的信效度检验
Author: Chao WAN ; Xue RAN ; Wen SHI ; Quan CHEN ; Wei LIU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Tree-Drawing Test; Undergraduates; Reliability; Validity
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2014;23(10):946-948
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To assess the reliability and validity of the Tree-Drawing Test in medical college students.Methods The study randomly selected 312 aged 19 to 23-year-old medical students to take part in TreeDrawing Test.In addition,a total of 275 college students were selected to receive re-test,30 days late and Pearson correlation coefficient of two tests were calculated.The three raters were invited to assess 30 trees painting score,analyzing the Kendall coefficient of concordance between the scores to verify raters' reliability; parts of students also participated in the 16PF test,SAS,SDS test,analyzing the correlation coefficient between the various test results,in order to assess the effectiveness of the Tree-Drawing Test.Results The re-test reliability in different time was 0.570-0.733 and 0.341-0.713 (P＜0.05),the raters' reliability was 0.491 ～ 0.626(P＜0.05),there are some correlations between Tree-Drawing Test and 16PF,SAS,SDS.Conclusion The Tree-Drawing Test has good reliability and validity; it can be applied to the detection of college students' psychological assessment and psychological problems.