Showing papers on "Graphology published in 2003"

Does Graphology Predict Personality and Intelligence

Abstract: This paper reports two studies with similar methodology. Students completed the NEO Personality Inventory - Revised (NEO-PI-R; Costa & McCrae, 1992) and three different intelligence measures (Baddeley, 1968; Philips & Rawles, 1976; Wonderlic, 1992) soon after arriving at the beginning of their course. These scores were then related to a reliable graphological analysis of their hand-writing in exam scripts few months later (Study 1) and twenty-months in another (Study 2). Results showed that the 14 graphological variables factored into two interpretable factors called dimension (size, width, pressure, percentage used etc) and details (loops above, below, dotted i's, crossed t's). Correlation and regression analyses in both studies showed fewer associations with the Big Five personality variables than maybe expected by chance. Graphological variables did correlate with both participants' gender and intelligence, but the pattern was different in the two studies reinforcing the idea that chance factors were influential. Thus, once again, despite attempts to use both psychometrically valid personality measures and reliably measured hand writing factors collected under non-self-conscious conditions there appears to be no robust relationship between graphology and personality. ©2003 Individual Differences Research Group. All rights reserved.

A Position Statement by the International Graphonomics Society on the Use of Graphology in Personnel Selection Testing

Abstract: Among the various tests employed in personnel selection, handwriting analysis, or graphology, has enjoyed long-standing international popularity despite being highly contentious. This report contains not only an evaluation of the current published scientific reviews on the use of graphology in personnel selection, but also an evaluation of several additional studies graphologists provided that seemed to have been overlooked. The latter were obtained by contacting nine of the foremost institutes offering graphological training, consulting services, or both to ensure that the graphologists themselves would be fairly represented. Even with this additional information we found no reason to counter conclusions the scientific community has reached, namely that (a) the continued use of graphology in personnel selection could prove harmful to many individuals and firms, and (b) it fails to approach the level of criterion validity of other widely available and less expensive screening devices used for personnel se...