Form and content in adults’ ‘Person Picking an Apple from a Tree’ drawings as related to their attachment

Associations Between Perception of Parental Behavior and “Person Picking an Apple From a Tree” Drawings Among Children With and Without Special Educational Needs (SEN)

“…The results of this study pertaining to the boys’ group correspond with findings from Bat Or and Ishai (2016) that showed that PPAT drawings of insecure adults represent less positive and less reciprocal relationships between the drawn objects in comparison to PPAT drawings of secure adults. Moreover, PPAT drawings of boys that reported lower levels of maternal hostility/aggression depicted a coherent script including both a strong and accessible tree with more apples on it and a drawn person who was more active in the picking process.…”

“…Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted of the original sample N = 644 (see Table 2 ) using AMOS software version 23. In comparing the theoretical model (leaning on previous data, Bat Or and Ishai, 2016 ) and the empirical model, three indices showed good fit; that is, no difference was detected between the two models.…”

“…In contrast, insecure individuals presented non-coherent script: for example, a person reaching toward a tree whose apples are on the side further away from the person ( Bat Or et al, 2015 ). Exploratory factor analysis of the SC-PPAT scales in a sample of adults ( N = 215) yielded three main factors: tree-potency (the tree’s strength and abundance of fruit, which ranges between high to low tree potency), person agency (the degree in which the person is active and successful in reaching the apple), and tree-accessibility (the degree in which the tree ‘eases’ 1 the picking process, for instance by bending the tree-truck toward the drawn person) ( Bat Or and Ishai, 2016 ). When the three factors represent a positive direction, the visual script of the drawing reflects reciprocity and promotes a common goal (a successful apple picking).…”