I -Dots in the Handwriting of a Clinical Sample

Abstract

Handwriting of 40 alcoholic and 32 schizophrenic hospital patients was examined for consistency or omission of i-dots. It was hypothesized that the hospital group would show the same personality characteristics on two scales of the 16 PF that occurred in previous research with 103 college students. Results were significant but in the opposite direction. Reasons for the differences in these findings were discussed.