Verbal Expressive Personality Testing With Older Adults: 25+ Years Later

Panek, Paul; Jenkins, Sharon Rae; Hayslip, Bert; Moske, Amanda Kay

doi:10.1080/00223891.2013.767821

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“…On a complementary side, projective personality tests have also been studied in old age but not in large numbers of subjects. 22 - 24 Most of these tests can be classified as verbal as their execution mainly involves linguistic expression (Rorschach test, Thematic Apperception Test, Sentence Completion Techniques etc.). In this regard, literature data about differences between patients with Alzheimer’s disease and normal subjects or compared to other types of dementia show results that are not always consistent even if alterations in cognitive functions can also be highlighted with this type of tests.…”

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The Tree Drawing Test in Evolution: An Explorative Longitudinal Study in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen

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Objective To study the evolution of the Tree Drawing Test (TDT) in a group of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients. Methods A total of 33 AD patients were consecutively evaluated by Mini Mental State Evaluation (MMSE) and TDT. The evolution of the TDT parameters, trunk-to-crown (TC) and space occupation (SO) index, were analyzed. Results The median age at first visit was 79 years. Globally, trees drawn by patients showed an evolution characterized by a progressive reduction of the crown compared to the trunk. TC index showed a significant linear growth change (2.52 points per year) while SO index did not significantly increase. No significant associations were found examining the relations between MMSE and TC and SO index. Conclusions TDT could represent a complementary technique to the main neuropsychological screening tests for orienting cognitive impairment diagnosis and an aid in following the evolution of cognitive impairment over time in AD patients.

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The Tree Drawing Test in Evolution: An Explorative Longitudinal Study in Alzheimer’s Disease

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et al. 2022

Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen

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Not Your Same Old Story: New Rules for Thematic Apperceptive Techniques (TATs)

Jenkins

2017

Journal of Personality Assessment

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Stories told about pictures have been used for both research and clinical practice since the beginning of modern personality assessment. However, with the growing science-practice gap, these thematic apperceptive techniques (TATs) have been used differently in those 2 venues. Scientific validation is presumptively general, but clinical application is idiographic and situation-specific. A bridge is needed. The manualized human-scored narrative analysis systems discussed here are valuable scientist-practitioner tools, but they require a validation literature to support further research publication, maintain their role in clinical training, and justify clinicians' reimbursement by third-party payers. To facilitate wider understanding of manualized TAT methodologies, this article addresses long-standing criticisms of TAT reliability and proposes some strategic solutions to the measurement error problem for both researchers and clinicians, including analyzing person-situation interactions, purposeful situation sampling for within-storyteller comparisons, and uses of small samples. The new rules for TATs include conceptual and methodological standards that researchers should aim to meet and report, reviewers should apply to manuscripts, and clinical assessors can use to analyze their own data and justify third-party payment.

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“What next now that you are sixty?” – Preliminary exploration of the self-reported aspirations of community-dwelling older persons in the Western Cape Province, South Africa within the active aging framework

Amosun

2018

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

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Future aspirations of older persons should interest professionals involved in health promotion services in view of World Health Organization's Active Aging Framework. With the South African government's plan to raise life expectancy to 70 years by 2030, there is likelihood that life expectancy at 60 years will increase. Future aspirations give motivations for living, with short and long-term goals to work toward. As part of a larger study exploring the profile of members of 35 Service Centers for Older Persons in the Western Cape Province, selected using stratified random sampling, this manuscript reports on the qualitative responses relating to the self-determined future aspirations of the members. Thematic analysis was utilized to explore the aspirations of 625 members, aged 60-100 years. The aspirations were classified into two, namely aspirations with and without possible future-oriented behavior. Separate six and three themes were identified respectively in the first and second categories of aspirations. Being members of centers meant to provide programs to enhance their future, an awareness of the future aspirations of older persons should inform the services provided to encourage older persons identify something to live for.

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Verbal Expressive Personality Testing With Older Adults: 25+ Years Later

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References 67 publications

The Tree Drawing Test in Evolution: An Explorative Longitudinal Study in Alzheimer’s Disease

The Tree Drawing Test in Evolution: An Explorative Longitudinal Study in Alzheimer’s Disease

Not Your Same Old Story: New Rules for Thematic Apperceptive Techniques (TATs)

“What next now that you are sixty?” – Preliminary exploration of the self-reported aspirations of community-dwelling older persons in the Western Cape Province, South Africa within the active aging framework

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