). ▁Good en ough ▁and ▁other ▁research ers ▁realized ▁the ▁test ▁had ▁just ▁as ▁much ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁person ality ▁as ▁it ▁did ▁intelligence ▁( Mal ch iod i , ▁ 1 9 9 8 ). ▁Several ▁other ▁psych iat ric ▁art ▁assess ments ▁were ▁created ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁and ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁ever ▁since ▁( Mal ch iod i ▁ 1 9 9 8 ). ▁ ▁Not with standing , ▁many ▁art ▁ther ap ists ▁es ch ew ▁di agnostic ▁testing ▁and ▁indeed ▁some ▁writers ▁( H og an ▁ 1 9 9 7 ) ▁question ▁the ▁valid ity ▁of ▁ther ap ists ▁making ▁interpret ative ▁assumptions . ▁More ▁recent ▁literature , ▁however , ▁highlight s ▁the ▁utility ▁of ▁standard ized ▁approaches ▁to ▁treatment ▁planning ▁and ▁clin ical ▁decision - making , ▁such ▁as ▁is ▁ev iden ced ▁through ▁this ▁source . ▁Below ▁are ▁some ▁examples ▁of ▁art ▁ther apy ▁assess ments : ▁ ▁Mand ala ▁Ass ess ment ▁Research ▁Inst rument ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁assess ment , ▁a ▁person ▁is ▁asked ▁to ▁select ▁a ▁card ▁from ▁a ▁deck ▁with ▁different ▁mand al as ▁( design s ▁en closed ▁in ▁a ▁geometric ▁shape ) ▁and ▁then ▁must ▁choose ▁a ▁color ▁from ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁colored ▁cards . ▁The ▁person ▁is ▁then ▁asked ▁to ▁draw ▁the ▁mand ala ▁from ▁the ▁card ▁they ▁choose ▁with ▁an ▁oil ▁past el ▁of ▁the ▁color ▁of ▁their ▁choice . ▁The ▁artist ▁is ▁then ▁asked ▁to ▁explain ▁if ▁there ▁were ▁any ▁mean