Graphology

[Indian]

Unca Cecil’s column and related thread 1and thread 2.
Are there any new studies in this field?

[Indian]

Bump.

[Wallenstein]

If you go to PubMed and search for “graphology” you will see a couple of pages of recent articles and studies on the subject.

e.g.

Psychol Rep. 2009 Dec;105(3 Pt 2):1255-68.
Graphology and personality: an empirical study on validity of handwriting analysis.

Dazzi C, Pedrabissi L.

Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, Via Venezia, 8, 35121 Padua, Italy. carla.dazzi@unipd.it

Abstract

The aim of the present work was to examine validity of the graphological method to assess personality traits.

The results of two studies are described. In Study 1, the Big Five Questionnaire was administered to a sample of 101 university students who provided a sample of a handwritten text.

Two graphologists were asked to detect the same dimensions and facets measured by the Big Five Questionnaire using a 9-point scale.

Correlations between the Big Five Questionnaire and graphological evaluations did not confirm the capability of handwriting analysis to measure Big Five personality traits.

Also, interrater reliability was very low. Study 2 (N = 102) was carried out using handwritten texts with autobiographical content for the graphological analysis.

Two different graphologists and two laypersons were involved.

No evidence was found to validate the graphological method as a measure of personality.

[Indian]

Wallenstein,

Thanks.

[Musicat]

I would like to recommend this book: Graphology, the Write Stuff, by Barry & Dale Beyerstein. Not recent, but covers the subject pretty well.