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PubMed1977

Multidimensional scaling of the TAT and the measurement of achievement motivation.

Subjects rated all pairs of eight TAT cards and ten Rorschach cards for similarity. They were also scored for n-Ach using imagery scoring on stories to TAT cards. Two similarity dimensions were found for the TAT stimuli, identified as number of persons and degree of strong affect. Those high and low on need for achievement for both sexes differed significantly on degree of salience afforded to each dimension, those high weighting the affect dimension more, and those low the person dimension more. Dimensions of the Rorschach found by Wainer et al. (1976) were replicated, but did not discriminate individuals on need for achievement. The results are discussed in terms of the interpretation of the dimensions, the possible relationship of affect to achievement motivation, and the possible practical implications for the use and measurement properties of projective tests.

Achievement↗
PubMed1991

[Post-autistic states: an image of "normality"? Metamorphosis and permanence of autistic strategies].

Ludovic is 14 and has spent ten years in a treatment center for autistic conditions. He is in a recovering process: he can talk, he goes to school and now can participate in group activities. But what defines "recovery" from an autistic state? The Rorschach and the TAT bring some interesting light to this question and help in understanding some contemporary concepts and theories as developed by D. Meltzer and F. Tustin among others: what of the "autistic strategies" described in well adapted personalities? (In her book Autistic barriers in neurotic patients F. Tustin speaks of "autistic enclave".) We will also see how our common cultural world can be treated as an "autistic object" and how "demantling"/isolation, followed by "remantling"/sticking, can confer an idiosyncratic configuration to the real world, thus magnificently protecting a necessary omnipotent fantasy, necessary because of the main defense mechanism which is the shifting of position. This mechanism confers to the "I" the statute of a traveller and leaves unworked through the primitive terrors which are concerned with the contact with the object as well as with the separation from it.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1986

[Apropos of projective tests conducted on substance-dependent clients].

This article presents the conclusions of a study which used projective tests--Rorschach and TAT--on a group of young drug addicts. Do the collected clinical findings as a whole suggest the existence, in these patients, of psychopathological structures or constellations which are specific to them? Following this initial question, the author presents a more detailed analysis of the protocols in a metapsychological perspective (fantasy life, internal conflictuality and defensive organization, approach of depression, hypotheses as to the function of the addictive behavior in the psychic economy of the subject, etc.). Finally some clinical and methodological reflections suggested by the compiled and interpreted data of this study are presented.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

Factor structure of the Apperceptive Personality Test (APT).

This study examined the factor structure of the Apperceptive Personality Test (APT), a recently developed picture-story technique with both projective and objective features. University undergraduates (513 males, 664 females) were administered the APT in individual group sessions. A principal components analysis (Varimax rotation) was performed with 18 of the standard APT variables and resulted in three similar factors for both male and female samples. The first and largest factor was a positive evaluation factor, the second a negative evaluation factor, and the third an "intensity" factor. The usefulness and meaning of the factor analysis are discussed briefly.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

Who has nightmares? The personality of the lifelong nightmare sufferer.

Twelve lifelong nightmare sufferers, 12 vivid dreamers who had no nightmares, and 12 persons who had neither nightmares nor vivid dreams were studied in a series of structured interviews, psychological tests, and other tests. The group with nightmares had significantly higher scores on the "psychotic" side of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profile than the other two groups, scored higher on a "boundary deficit" score of the Rorschach test, and had more first- and second-degree relatives with nightmares, psychological problems, and psychiatric hospitalization. There were no significant differences between the groups with vivid and nonvivid dreams. On interview, the frequent nightmare sufferers were a group of sensitive, open persons who had features of the "schizophrenic spectrum disorders," but who also had artistic and creative tendencies and interests, in contrast to the other groups. These results confirm and extend our previous findings in a group of 38 frequent nightmare sufferers.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

Jehovah's Witnesses and human tissue donation.

Because of their religious beliefs members of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect do not permit human tissue donation, not even such a routine and life-saving procedure as blood transfusion. A group of 30 adult Jehovah's Witnesses was compared with groups of donors and nondonors on a variety of personality measures. Donor status is associated with a well-integrated body image and acceptance of mortality, while nondonor status correlates with a less-well-integrated body image, concern about body integrity, and anxiety about death. However, while Jehovah's Witnesses vigorously oppose human tissue donation they appear to do so on strong religious grounds rather than because of personal anxiety and thus are dissimilar to non-donors at large.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Personality assessment and test interpretation of Mexican Americans: a critique.

Reviews the personality test assessment of Mexican Americans. Although there is a paucity of available research there are some indications that Mexican Americans differ in response patterning on projective devices. On objective instruments, problems involving fluency in English obscure the findings. Several recommendations are offered for increasing the efficiency of these instruments for use with Mexican American clients.

Acculturation↗