Figure Preference and Personality

Abstract

To identify personality syndromes indicated by preferences for figures, correlations among 10 scales of the Welsh Figure Preference Test, 18 scales of the Cattell 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire, and 6 scales of the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values for 50 college students were calculated. 8 figure preference variables correlated significantly with 10 Cattell and 3 Study of Values scales. The 27 significant rs suggested that: (a) rejection of the figures is symptomatic of personal inadequacy and anxiety, while acceptance of the figures indicates personal stability, self-confidence, and freedom from anxiety; (b) the more stable personality syndromes are associated with preference for complex, black, shaded, and dotted figures; (c) inconsistency of preference is positively related to general intelligence.

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