Uses of Handwriting Analysis in Everyday life.

What it is...

Handwriting analysis is the study of a person's handwriting to assess their personality characteristics. Thus, the statement... "handwriting is really brain-writing".

The brain is the source of your personality...

And it's really your brain that tells your extremity what to write. Your conscious mind determines WHAT you write and your subconscious mind controls HOW you write. This explains how personality characteristics can be analyzed by an evaluation of handwriting "traits". These traits include size, pressure, speed, spacing, slant, and over 40 others.

Everything you do reflects your personality... including your handwriting. And the study is firmly based on scientific principles, and established by research over the past 150 years.

Handwriting analysis is classified as a "clinical" test...

But, as with any testing device, psychiatrists and psychologists have found evaluating its accuracy to be very difficult. Even with the variance in accuracy being between 80% and 95%... it's still proven itself to be useful in numerous applications...

Employer screening for prospective employees...

Handwriting analysis has long been used in Europe, where it's recognized as a valid psycho diagnostic technique. In fact, Dun's Review reports that it's routinely used as a hiring tool by an estimated 85% of all European countries. And, according to The Wall Street Journal, over 80% of the top 500 companies in France use handwriting analysis to screen prospective employees. In the United States, it's estimated that over 6,000 Corporations now screen their employees with the help of a handwriting analyst. Most companies are finding that it's far less costly to use handwriting analysis than the battery of psychological tests previously used.

Psychological counseling...

Some psychologists use handwriting analysis for personality evaluation and therapy.

Law enforcement...

Handwriting analysis helps law enforcement get inside the criminal's mind. Knowing who's telling the truth or who's lying and what kind of person committed the crime, they can determine what they're up against. If they can obtain suicide notes, ransom notes, or signatures, they can determine the "personality type" of suspect they're looking for.

The Judicial System...

Handwriting analysis is admissible in court to determine who composed a particular document or to prove that a document has been forged. Attorneys are even using it to select prospective jurors... such as in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

Customs and intelligence agents...

When entering the United States, you must "declare", in writing, what you're bringing into the country. By looking at the handwriting, as well as using other clues that they're taught to use, (what a person looks like, what they "smell" like, what kind of bags they're carrying, and even eye-movements, etc.), a trained agent can spot the most likely candidates that need to be searched.

Single people use it to select partners...

it's very effective in assessing compatibility for developing personal relationships. A lot of valuable time and emotions can be saved, by simply knowing WHAT the handwriting is telling you.

Marriage enrichment...

Marries couples can improve their relationships by learning how to communicate with each other and by learning what makes the other person "tick".

These applications are just the tip of the iceberg...

Who knows, one of these days, we may have to provide a handwriting sample to get a car or house loan... to make sure that we're the type who would repay a note because of what our personality traits show.

Interesting... don't you think?

Til next time...
Cheryl