Biomedical subjects

H Benziman

Publications and source records attributed to H Benziman.

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PubMed1999

Self psychology interpretation of the Thematic Apperception Test.

Self psychology theory of personality has gained recognition as an important contribution to the psychoanalytic understanding of personality. The authors present guidelines for the interpretation of Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) material in accordance with self psychology, and provide as a case example a detailed interpretation of the TAT material of one patient. Material from the therapist's summary of the treatment is provided in support of the self psychology interpretation proposed. The authors encourage further efforts to expand the application of self psychology to the understanding of psychological testing material.

Adult↗

PubMed1997

Indicators of feminine gender identity in latency-aged boys in the Draw a Person and the Rorschach tests.

Seven diagnostic indicators were examined for their potential to identify latency aged boys who had feminine gender identity. Nineteen emotionally disturbed boys (average age 10.2) with feminine gender identity were compared on these indicators with 21 control boys. The indicators which were found to be valid were drawing the female figure with a greater value than the male figure in the DAP; difficulty in identification with the male figure in stories to the DAP; a low relative rate of male human responses and/or a high relative rate of female human responses in the Rorschach; and initial butterfly response to card V in the Rorschach. Using these indicators in combination reduced the false positive and negative rates associated with each individual indicator.

Affective Symptoms↗

PubMed1990

The Children's Apperception Test: possible applications for adults.

This paper illustrates the benefits that can be gained from administering the Child's Apperception Test (CAT) to adults. Five CAT and five Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) pictures were administered to 20 freshmen psychology students and 20 mental hospital patients. Five CAT-Human (CAT-H) and five TAT pictures were shown to 20 other freshmen psychology students, thus isolating the effect of the animal figures used in the CAT. The stories of all subjects were rated on various measures designed to test the level and type of projection. Results were compared and analyzed, both statistically and clinically, and demonstrated by clinical examples. Findings of this study prove the unique contribution of the CAT in reflecting basic infantile conflicts and experiences, and indicate that use of the CAT is beneficial for certain adult personality types.

Adult↗