This study explored the college students’ response characteristics according to their college life adaptation
levels, and examined the effectiveness of LMT as an instrument by measuring the level of college life
adaptation. The subjects of study were 426 first- and second-grade college students in Chungcheongbuk
Province and Kyonggi Province. A college life adaptation test and LMT were carried out on the students.
After the test, the students were categorized into a high-risk group if in the upper 15% and low-risk group
if in the lower 15% according to their test scores, and X2 test was carried out. The results of the study are
as follows. First, the actuality of the form shows a significant difference in the composition index. Second,
the degree of coloring shows a significant difference in the coloring index. Third, the direction of the river,
the crops, the distorted house, the symbolic tree, and the degree of personal expression shows a significant
difference in the element index. These results show the potential value of LMT to measure the degree of
college life adaptation level, and imply the possibility of using it as a complementary tool in assessing
whether a college student who may experience college maladjustment behavior in the future, thus
preventing maladjustment in college life.