364 An Objective Evaluauion of the kFD KFD total scores signi! icantly diferen esent study,'s findings contradict those iated between the voung emotional cphee and wegner, it is possibie that well adiusted and the emotionally dis- the KFD sty ies appear more often in ED turbed but did not differentiate among groups when the styles are measured it the three remaining groups combination with other variables. Addi The findings that scores derived from tionally, it is possibie that differe ces IH certain components were sensitive to age the sampie characteristics could account sensitive to both age and ad ustment, to styles. That is, McPhee and wegner detracts from the utility of the present compared the KFD's styles with en quantitative scoring procedure. Also. tional"!"children with the KFD that the tota: scores were insensitive to styles of emotionaily disturbed chidren groups, further underscores the limited KFD styles to the emotionaly well-adjusted effect:veness of the scoring procedure children with those emotionally disturbed Finally, that the findings of the pres The findings of the present study are ent study indicate that scoring system generally consistent with the esearch on effecti does not suggest that the same system scoring procedures used ith human wil: provide reliable diagnostic informa figure drawings to differentiate among tion in the individ uai case. In fact. the clinically different groups ie, g, Reznikoff analysis of the means and standard devi tomiien. 1956). whiie the effective- ations of the component and total scores ness of the KFD quantitative scoring pro- in the present study indicate that the different groups does not provide incon trovertibie evidence for its validity it does the individuai case and should be used add support to the concurrent validity of only as a research too! from which more the KFD In the present study, clinica! sensitive scoring approaches can be de groups were defined by scores on the Mis. veloped souri Children,'s behavior Check List (S:nes, Pauker, Sines. Owen, :969)and Burns, R c.&K by psychiatric diagnosis. That the KFD Drawings(KFDF An intro scores derived from the cuantitative scor- GrEn15 1 ing procedure aiso effectively differenti- New york: Brunner: Mazel. 97G ated the ciinical groups is consistent with Burns. R. C.&Kaufman. S. H:. Acnons, stries other studies indicating that the kFd New York: Brunner Mazel agrees with concurrent psychometric and Dunn. L behavioral data. (e. g. O Brian& Patton 974:Sims,1974) The findings of the present study are however in contradiction with several the findings of McPhee and Wegner( 1976). Goodenough, F L. Measurement of intelligence in a study examining KFD styles, Mc an ings. Y inkers. Worid books Phee and wegner concluded that the six les defned by burns and Kaufman Koppitz, E M. Perchoiogical evaluaiion ofc 1972)occurred more frequently among stratton. 968 emotiona: !y norm a! chiidren. In the pres ent study, the styles of Bottom Lining. McPhee. 3. P. Empirice! evaluction of tine kine:ic Top lining, Encapsulation and Placement. in Finear combination with an the emotionally disturbed than in the McPhee. J P, wegner K w.Kinetic-Family emotionally weli-adjusted groups While it is not entirely clear why the ment:975.44,487-49