Agreement of two scorers using the Koppitz scoring system for emotional indicators on the Human Figure Drawings with 30 subjects randomly chosen from 132 students referred for special education services was .85. Implications for clinicians using the Human Figure Drawings in a battery of tests are discussed.
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