Basic Study on Developing of the Stone Test

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13141
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Aichi University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Ueda Takuya 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 講師 (50632767)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 臨床心理学 / パーソナリティ / 心理アセスメント / 投影法 / 描画テスト / 石

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Stones have complex and varied mental images just like trees. This study aims to develop the Stone Test: a unique psychological test that involves drawing stones.
We administered the Stone Test and the Cattell Anxiety Scale (CAS) to 148 university students. The size of stones was independent of the CAS score. However, the number of stones and the location of stones were related to the CAS score. These results indicate that the Stone Test could be used for a projective technique of psychological assessment, particularly considering that Japanese have a special sensitivity to the images of stones. Improvements in this test are needed in the future.

Free Research Field

社会科学