Applying the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS) to Adults in an Asian Population
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Author
Nan, Joshua
Date
2010
Degree
Master of Arts in Art Therapy
Abstract
The Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS) is a measurement system for applying
numbers to global variables in two-dimensional art. However, to date, there are very few
research studies being conducted in cross-cultural populations. The primary purpose of
this pilot study was to evaluate the inter-rater reliability of the FEATS in applying it to
adults in an Asian population (i.e. Hong Kong). Secondly, this pilot study aimed at
obtaining normative data from another socio-cultural context other than a Caucasian
population. Two groups of raters (a group of art therapists and a group of social workers)
rated 51 drawings with the FEATS. The research results supported the hypothesis that the
FEATS demonstrated strong inter-rater reliability correlations (Gantt & Tabone, 1998;
Munley, 2002). The statistical method used in this study included the Pearson correlation
coefficient for measuring inter-rater reliability correlations.