Analysis of the synthetic house-tree-person drawing test for developmental disorder

• Published in: Pediatrics international Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 8 - 13
• Main Authors: Fujii, Chikako, Okada, Ayumi, Akagi, Tomoko, Shigeyasu, Yoshie, Shimauchi, Aya, Hosogi, Mizuho, Munemori, Eriko, Ocho, Keiko, Morishima, Tsuneo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Autism; autism spectrum disorder; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Developmental disabilities; Developmental Disabilities - diagnosis; Developmental Disabilities - physiopathology; developmental disorder; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Intelligence; Intelligence - physiology; intelligence quotient test; Male; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Paintings - psychology; Pediatrics; pervasive developmental disorder; Psychometrics - methods; Retrospective Studies; synthetic house-tree-person drawing test; pervasive developmental disorder; synthetic house-tree-person drawing test; autism spectrum disorder; developmental disorder; intelligence quotient test

Background Some patients cannot draw three subjects on the same page during the synthetic house‐tree‐person drawing test (S‐HTP). We call this phenomenon “no synthetic sign”. The aim of this study was to clarify the pathological meaning of no synthetic sign and investigate its use for the early dete...