"The purpose of this study is to elucidate the differences in the reactional characteristics of the Draw-a-Story test to the degree of anger and the way of dealing with anger. The participants of study include 211 female highschool students in capital area, and the research tools are Draw-a-Story test and STAXI-K. The data was analyzed by correlation analysis and t-test. The results are as follows. Firstly, the more they suppressed angers, the more negative emotional contents in DAS they draw. Secondly, the female highschool students, who experience anger often and strongly, do not use a functional anger expression to acknowledge and calm their anger. Thirdly, when aggressive symbols were chosen, the contents of drawing becomes more negative and self-image becomes more weak. Fourthly, the female highschool students, who chose a knife among stimulus drawings, showed higher degree of trait anger. With all these results, DAS can be a projective test to diagnose trait anger and anger expression style. Finally, the object of this study was limited to female highschool students in capital area, so it is necessary to expand objects to students in various region.
Key Words : Draw-A-Story, Trait Anger, Anger-Out, Anger-In, Anger-Control"