Thematic Apperception Test: Individual and Group Administration

Lindzey, Gardner; Heinemann, Shirley H.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1955.tb01173.x

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“…The most useful measure of motivation should give the same reading under both individual and group administrations. Lindzey and Heinemann (1955) have found that projective n Ach taken in a group setting did not correlate significantly with the same measure given individually. The present studies did not provide comparable data across the two different measurement situations because different 5s were used, but the predictive validities of the self-reports were not different whether they were taken in individual interviews or in a group setting.…”

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confidence: 91%

Self-report and projective measures of achievement and affiliation.

Sherwood¹

1966

Journal of Consulting Psychology

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Projective (TAT) and direct self-report measures of achievement (n Ach) and affiliative motivation (n Aff) were compared as predictors of behavior in 2 studies with 67 and 80 Ss. For n Ach, there was no significant difference in the predictive validities of the 2 measures, but both measures together predicted better than either 1 alone. For n Aff, the projective measure was a better predictor than self-report for males, and there was an opposite tendency for females. For males who reported themselves as being revealing about themselves to others, self-report n Aff was correlated with affiliative behavior; for concealing males, the correlation was nonsignificant. Where self-reports were collected with instructions to fake responses, they were uncorrelated with behavior and with previous self-reports. There were no differences in self-reports taken in individual interviews or in a group setting.

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Self-report and projective measures of achievement and affiliation.

Sherwood¹

1966

Journal of Consulting Psychology

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“…Atkinson (1954) has shown that the value of nAch scores after four pictures drops considerably. A further point is that increasing the time allotted for writing a story has been shown not to influence the obtained motive score (Lindzey & Heinemann, 1955). improvement on the TAT it is still a little too low to reflect a clear construct.…”

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The achievement motive construct and its measurement: Where are we now?

Fineman

1977

British J of Psychology

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The achievement motive (nAch) is a construct which has attracted many applied researchers. The present paper reviews the nature and conceptualization of nAch, focusing on the considerable number of different projective and questionnaire instruments which have been evolved for its measurement. The instruments are examined for their convergent validity, which is found to be very poor. Reasons for this are explained in terms of the psychometric characteristics of the instruments and whether nAch should be conceptualized as a conscious or unconscious variable. Guidelines for the future development of nAch measures are presented.

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“…The TAT cards were administered by overhead projection to small groups of 15 to 30 participants, and responses were handwritten. A comparison of individual versus group presentation has demonstrated that although individually administered stories tend to be longer, the group administration yields an identical amount and quality of thematic content (Eron & Ritter, 1951;Lindzey & Heinemann, 1955;Murstein, 1963;Teevan, Greenfield, & Smith, 1982). These handwritten stories were then typed and presented to raters for scoring.…”

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Perfectionism and Suicidal Preoccupation

Adkins

Parker

1996

Journal of Personality

104

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One hundred twenty-nine undergraduate students were assessed for suicidal preoccupation, using the Alabama Adolescent Health Survey (AAHS) and selected cards from the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). They were also administered the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS) to assess perfectionistic tendencies. Objective scoring of the TAT was found to be highly reliable. Canonical correlational analyses were nonsignificant for a relationship between perfectionism and suicidal themes on the TAT. However, the more direct questions of the AAHS relating to suicide were significantly related to perfectionism. Results suggest that passive perfectionists who procrastinate out of fear of making mistakes are more likely to be preoccupied with suicide, unlike perfectionists whose strivings produce achievement. High personal standards and parental expectations do not appear related to suicidal preoccupations.

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Thematic Apperception Test: Individual and Group Administration

Cited by 21 publications

References 18 publications

Self-report and projective measures of achievement and affiliation.

Self-report and projective measures of achievement and affiliation.

The achievement motive construct and its measurement: Where are we now?

Perfectionism and Suicidal Preoccupation

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