The effects of stress and Ss' psychological differentiation on figure drawing choice are explored in a study in which 28 Ss viewed two anxiety-evoking and two neutral films. Stress was significantly (p < .05) related to the drawing of opposite-sex first. The more psychologically differentiated group alone displayed a significant (p < .05) shift, whereas the less differentiated group did not. The major determinant of figure drawn first is S's gender identity but it is influenced by situational and personality variables.
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