Accessible image analysis for art assessment

Mattson, Donald C.

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2009.03.003

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“…This could help the art therapist to decide whether art therapy and which art interventions may be beneficial. This interest in the use of formal elements is reflected in a large number of studies (e.g., Elbing and Hacking, 2001; Stuhler-Bauer and Elbing, 2003; Betts, 2005, 2006; Mattson, 2009; Kim et al, 2012; Eytan and Elkis-Abuhoff, 2013; Thyme et al, 2013). These studies, however, demonstrate a wide range of opinions concerning which formal elements are relevant and how they are described and interpreted in art therapy observation and assessment.…”

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How Art Therapists Observe Mental Health Using Formal Elements in Art Products: Structure and Variation as Indicators for Balance and Adaptability

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In clinical practice, formal elements of art products are regularly used in art therapy observation to obtain insight into clients’ mental health and provide directions for further treatment. Due to the diversity of formal elements used in existing studies and the inconsistency in the interpretation, it is unclear which formal elements contribute to insight into clients’ mental health. In this qualitative study using Constructivist Grounded Theory, eight art therapists were interviewed in-depth to identify which formal elements they observe, how they describe mental health and how they associate formal elements with mental health. Findings of this study show that art therapists in this study observe the combination of movement, dynamic, contour and repetition (i.e., primary formal elements) with mixture of color, figuration and color saturation (i.e., secondary formal elements). Primary and secondary elements interacting together construct the structure and variation of the art product. Art therapists rarely interpret these formal elements in terms of symptoms or diagnosis. Instead, they use concepts such as balance and adaptability (i.e., self-management, openness, flexibility, and creativity). They associate balance, specifically being out of balance, with the severity of the clients’ problem and adaptability with clients’ strengths and resources. In the conclusion of the article we discuss the findings’ implications for practice and further research.

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How Art Therapists Observe Mental Health Using Formal Elements in Art Products: Structure and Variation as Indicators for Balance and Adaptability

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“…A very different approach to objectification of subjective ratings are approaches based on digital technology (Mattson, 2010). Mattson (2009; uses public domain image analysis software to rate items of the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (Gantt & Anderson, 2009). Considering color one of the most important factors of a drawing, Kim, Bae and Lee (2007) use a computerbased system that automatically rates various basic color-related aspects.…”

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Measuring art: Methodical development of a quantitative rating instrument measuring pictorial expression (RizbA)

Schoch

Gruber

Ostermann

2017

The Arts in Psychotherapy

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Art therapy assumes that art work is related to differential constructs of the artist. Empirically, this hypothesis has not been proven yet because quantitative methods are rare. The Rating Instrument for two-dimensional Pictorial Work (RizbA) is designed to address this issue. The construct-pictorial expression-is theoretically defined by seven content areas (representation, color, shape, space, motion, composition, expression), which combined create the overall construct. Test development is based on art historical and art therapeutic theories and supported empirically. Two online studies are conducted using a sample of nine pictures, which are rated by experts (n 1 = 12, n 2 = 8). In the first study, based on psychometric characteristics, an item pool of 113 items is examined and a preliminary test version is developed. The second study examines quality criteria of the preliminary version. For both studies, factor analyses are computed. The preliminary version includes 26 items. Its ability for differentiation between pictorial works ranges between .897 (T1) and .766 (T2), its inter-rater reliability between .525 (T1) and .917 (T2). Test-retest reliability is .919. PCA suggests a four-factors solution, which in large part is consistent across studies. As a reliable measurement RizbA opens new perspectives in fundamental art therapeutic and psychological research.

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“…However, their main construct of interest is creativity of a product or a person, not the product itself with regard to its pictorial expression. Other approaches use digital technology to objectify image analysis, for example in terms of computerized assessment of art-based instruments (Mattson, 2010), combining existing measures with public domain image analysis software (Mattson, 2009(Mattson, , 2011, computer-based systems rating basic color-related aspects (Kim et al, 2007) or using computational network science for assessing global image properties (Hayn-Leichsenring et al, 2020).…”

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Psychometrics of Art – Validation of RizbA, a Quantitative Rating Instrument for Pictorial Expression

Schoch

Ostermann

2022

Creativity Research Journal

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Although art has been subject to psychological research for some time, the artwork itself received little attention in quantitative research. The rating instrument for two-dimensional pictorial works (RizbA) fills this gap by providing a tool for formal picture analysis. This study validates the questionnaire on 294 images created by 147 non-artists. In an online test-retest study the material was rated by 880 (T1) and 475 (T2) experts in visual art using RizbA. Statistical quality criteria, Principal component analysis (PCA) and indices of factor similarity were computed. The overall test's capacity of differentiation yields a partial eta-squared of .28 (T1) and .33 (T2). Test-retest reliability is .93. PCA reveals an eight-factors solution. Tucker's coefficients of congruence range between |0.82| and |1.00|. Intraclass correlation coefficients are .81 (T1) and .84 (T2). Results indicate generalizability to amateurs' works. As the first reliable tool for picture analysis, RizbA allows a more detailed examination of art and its correlates.

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Accessible image analysis for art assessment

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

How Art Therapists Observe Mental Health Using Formal Elements in Art Products: Structure and Variation as Indicators for Balance and Adaptability

How Art Therapists Observe Mental Health Using Formal Elements in Art Products: Structure and Variation as Indicators for Balance and Adaptability

Measuring art: Methodical development of a quantitative rating instrument measuring pictorial expression (RizbA)

Psychometrics of Art – Validation of RizbA, a Quantitative Rating Instrument for Pictorial Expression

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