An Obiective Evaluation of the KFD spective subject, scores were obtained or ple of KFDs The average agreement be Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test tween two trained scorers was 94 (PPVT)(Dunn, 1965)and the Missouri a range of 81%0-100% Childrens Behavior Check List(MCBC) he or gina scores obtained using the (Sines, Pauker, Sines, Owen, 1969). KFD Scoring Guide with the 116 KFD Based on their ages and normal IQ scores protocols was transformed into a 20X20 on the PPVT, as well as their performance "within groups"prod n the MCBC. the boys were selected relation mat membership in one of the four groups. the four groups. One variabie Foiding Normal IQs were defined as faling within Compartmentalization, was deieted from the range of 80 to 12 the study since no subiect included that The 60 well-adjusted boys were selected style in his KFD protocol. To obtain a com a public school system in Northeast smalier and experimentally more man- For inclusion in the Ea grou each boy was referred by his teacher as components analysis of t he intercorreia- ng emotionally wei! adjusted, scored tion matrix was performed. Three criteria within the norma IQ range on the PPVT, were considered jointly in determining obtained norma to well-adjusted scores the number of components to be extracted on the subscales of Aggression. Inhibi- (a)the scree test. (b) the number of com- tion. Activity Levei and Sociability on the ponents yielding Eigenvalues greater MCBC, and had never received, nor been than unity, and (c)the component solu referred for specia! services for emotional tion providing the most easily interpre o2 learning probiems. ta ble structure for use in subsequent an- The 56 emotionally disturbed boys alves obtained from four units of the The results of jointly considering the gia Psychoeducation! System, a above criteria yielded a component so wide program for emotionally dis- lution that was employed to generate urbed children which accepts for treat- component scores for each component ment those referrals diagnosed as emo- The component scores were then ana tionaly disturbed by a Board-certified lyzed for each extracted component via svchiatrist. For inclusion: in this ED 2X 2 parametric factorial ANOVA. KFD up each boy, in addition to the psychi- total scores were also analvzed via a 2X2 atric diagnosis of emotional disturbance, parametric factorial ANOVA. In each scored within the normai IQ range on the case, the independent variabies in each PPVT and received scores within one ANoVA consisted of two levels of tandard deviation of the mean for psy- and two levels of emotiona! adjustmen chiatric popuiations on at least two of the In the ANova procedures, the 01 leve above four subscaies of the MCBC of probability was used as a criterion of Procedure sIgnificance Each subject was requested to pro- Restate duce a kFD according to the specifica The data obtained from the"within tions of Burns and Kaufman(1972. p groups intercorrelation matrix of the The testing situation was terminated scoring variables on the KFD were re when the subject ind cated that he was duced by a principai-components pro- finished and when the investigator had cedure. Seven components, accounting ecorded the childs description of the for 53%c of the total variance, were ex- drawing and had labelled the characters tracted and rotated via the varimax met in the drawing according to the child s di- od. The component ioadings of the 20 re each drawing so obtained was then ponents are presented in Table"en com- KFD scoring variables on the sey scored according to the k FD scoring ven components were Guide. Interscorer reliabilities of the 21 obtained for biect using the formu- scoring variabies in the guide were com- la given by For each puted on a random 27% of the totai sam- component. a 2 X 2 ANOVA procedure