Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Is Graphology Useful in Assessing Major Depression? Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marco Giannini Pietro Pellegrini Alessio Gori Yura Loscalzo Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Apr 2019 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Is Graphology Useful in Assessing Major Depression? Item Type Journal Article Author Marco Giannini Pietro Pellegrini Alessio Gori Yura Loscalzo Volume 122 Issue 2 Pages 398-410 Publication Title Psychological Reports ISSN 1558-691X Date Apr 2019 Extra PMID: 29460687 Journal Abbreviation Psychol Rep DOI 10.1177/0033294118759667 Library Catalog PubMed Language English Abstract Note This study aimed to develop a handwriting analysis protocol for assessing severe major depressive disorder, in order to evaluate whether graphological analysis could be considered an objective tool and hence if it could be useful for clinicians in their early diagnosis. We modified and improved the methodology described by Lorusso et al. by proposing different graphic indexes based both on the literature and on the observation of a preliminary sample of 13 handwritings of patients affected by major depressive disorder. Then, we recruited 80 participants, divided into two groups: clinical sample ( n = 44) and control group ( n = 36). We used Cohen's Kappa to evaluate the reliability of agreement among four professional graphologists and the consensus between the psychiatric assessment and the ratings given by the judges. We found satisfactory results. Using our protocol, we obtained higher values for Cohen's Kappa as compared with Lorusso et al. The agreement among graphologists is K = .62, while the K values for the agreement between psychiatric assessment and graphologists range between .47 and .60. The substantial improvements obtained in comparison with Lorusso et al. are encouraging and support further attempts. diagnosis Female Graphology handwriting Handwriting analysis