The Application of Graphology and Enneagram Techniques in Determining Personality Type Based on Handwriting Features

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of developing previous studies that have successfully applied the science of graphology to analyze digital handwriting and characteristics of his personality through shape based feature extraction, which in the present study will be applied one method of psychological tests commonly used by psychologists to recognize human's personality that is Enneagram. The Enneagram method in principle will classify the personality traits of a person into nine types through a series of questions, which then calculated the amount of the overall weight of the answer. Thickness is what will provide direction personality type, which will then be matched with the personality type of the result of the graphology analysis of the handwriting. Personality type of handwritten analysis results is processed based on the personality traits that are the result of the identification of a combination of four dominant form of handwriting through the software output of previous studies, that Slant (tilt writing), Size (font size), Baseline, and Breaks (respite each word). From the results of this research can be found there is a correlation between personality analysis based on the psychology science to the graphology science, which results matching personality types by 81.6% of 49 respondents data who successfully tested. Keywords: Graphology, Enneagram, Psychology, Personality, Handwritten. AbstrakPenelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengembangkan penelitian sebelumnya yang telah berhasil menerapkan ilmu grafologi untuk menganalisis tulisan tangan digital dan karakteristik kepribadiannya melalui ekstraksi fitur berdasarkan bentuk, yang dalam penelitian ini akan diterapkan salah satu metode tes psikologi yang umum digunakan oleh psikolog untuk mengenali kepribadian manusia yang Enneagram. Enneagram Metode pada prinsipnya akan mengklasifikasikan sifat-sifat kepribadian seseorang menjadi sembilan jenis melalui serangkaian pertanyaan, yang kemudian dihitung jumlah berat keseluruhan jawabannya. Ketebalan inilah yang akan menyediakan jenis arah kepribadian, yang kemudian akan dicocokkan dengan tipe kepribadian dari hasil analisis grafologi dari tulisan tangan. tipe kepribadian dari hasil analisis tulisan tangan diproses berdasarkan ciri-ciri kepribadian yang merupakan hasil dari identifikasi kombinasi dari empat bentuk dominan dari tulisan tangan melalui output software dari penelitian sebelumnya, bahwa Slant (menulis tilt), Size (ukuran font), dasar, dan Breaks (tangguh setiap kata). Dari hasil penelitian ini dapat ditemukan ada korelasi antara analisis kepribadian berdasarkan ilmu psikologi dengan ilmu grafologi, yang menghasilkan tipe kepribadian yang cocok dengan 81,6% dari 49 responden Data yang berhasil diuji.

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