VARIATIONS IN BILATERAL SYMMETRY OF HUMAN FIGURE DRAWINGS ASSOCIATED WITH TWO LEVELS OF ADJUSTMENT.

The article attempts to ascertain whether there are measurable differences in the symmetrical accuracy of Human figure drawings (HFD) of schizophrenics and nonpatients. The schizophrenic patients used in the present article were all recent admissions to a psychiatric hospital, while the nonpatients had no known psychiatric hospitalization. The HFD of the two groups were compared, and all five of the symmetry variables along with the total width of the drawing were related to the level of adjustment of the drawer.