02.04.2013 Views

The psychopathology of everyday art: a quantitative Study - World ...

The psychopathology of everyday art: a quantitative Study - World ...

The psychopathology of everyday art: a quantitative Study - World ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Dapa Rating Guide, Version 3. Method for rating according to the Descriptive<br />

Assessment for psychiatric <strong>art</strong>work.<br />

Methods Section<br />

Organisation <strong>of</strong> methods section: <strong>The</strong>re are 3 different research tests to be covered:<br />

1. Main <strong>Study</strong>, which describes a study <strong>of</strong> spontaneous paintings with no<br />

prescribed subject in non-test conditions by 109 subjects, 83 <strong>of</strong> whom were<br />

psychiatric patients; instruments and procedures are described in detail.<br />

2. Interrater study (experimenter and 6 additional raters).<br />

3. First <strong>Study</strong>, which describes a study <strong>of</strong> self-portraits in standardised conditions<br />

by 50 subjects, 39 <strong>of</strong> whom were psychiatric patients.<br />

This chapter is organised into 3 sections. <strong>The</strong> Main study is presented first because<br />

extended explanations are more appropriately discussed within the greater rigour <strong>of</strong> the<br />

main study rather than in the initial more experimental study. <strong>The</strong> complete interrater<br />

and initial studies are presented next, thus references and comparisons are more<br />

comprehensible.<br />

Section 1. Main <strong>Study</strong><br />

Permission and ethics: This project was submitted and passed by the North<br />

Staffordshire Medical Ethics Committee 1995. Permission to access patients notes and<br />

to use paintings for research was sought from consultant psychiatrists in charge <strong>of</strong> the<br />

cases because most patients were not volunteers and there were ethical issues in some<br />

195

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!