The Distress Scale |
SIGNS OF DISTRESS Primary Signs (Weakness) 1. Slack motion 2. Slack, non-elastic stroke 3. Fragile stroke 4. Stroke interruption (uncontrolled breaks) Primary Signs (Uncontrolled Drives) 5. Spongy stroke 6. Crude stroke 7. Hyperkinesis Secondary Signs (Tension) 8. Narrowness 9. Cover Strokes 10. Contracted movement 11. Tense, non-elastic stroke 12. Hard stroke 13. Corrections by retouching and easing 14. Fixational blackening Secondary Signs (Overcompensating Control) 15. Very regular arrangement 16. Stylisation, from interpretation of the test 17. Hatching of the plane Maladjustment to the Environment 18. Disrupted space, disharmonious, empty areas 19. Entanglements 20. Final blocking 21. Roughing of the pla |