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A Manual for Objective TAT ScoringRichard H. DanaPortland State University
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A l-1anual
for Objective TAT Scoring
R:i chard: H Dana
St,
Louis
State
Hospital'
1; -
.
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Table
of
Contents
Preface
Introduction.....
'0'
.......... 1
'
1t
Rationale ,
1 .
1
Scoring Categories
,
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
1.
Perceptual Organization .. 1
Description 1
Scoring
Directions
2
2. Perceptual
nge 3
Description , 3
Scoring Directions 4 3
3
Perceptual ~ e r s o n a l i z a t i o n
4
Description
'
, 4
Scoring
Directions
4
4
Card
Seiection
,
5
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List
of
Tables'
Product-moment
Correlations of
PO Scores
for
Eaoh Card with PO Score
for All Cards
(67
Normal Female .s)
6
20 Product-moment
Intercorrelations
Between PO Scores on Five Cards
(67
Non:nal
FetIlC\le
,
, , , . , . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S
30 Product-moment Intercorrelatiops of
Categories
PO, PR PP
for
Three
Groups
in the
Male Sample
9
4 0
Scoring
Cqtegory Reliability (per
cent of
agreement) for Male
Validation,
Male C r o 5 s - V a l i d a t i ~ n
(C),
and Female
Validation
S a m p l ~ s
, 11
5" PO Item Reliability (per cent of agreement)
for
Male Validation, Male
Cross-validation
(C), and Female
Validation
Samples ;
, 12
6.
FR
Item
~ i a b i l i t y (per oent of ~ g r e e m e n t ) for Male Validation, Male
Cross
...validation' (C),
and Female
Validation
Samples
' . . . . .
' . "1 13
7.
PP
Category
Reliability
(per ?ent of
agreement) by Sexes and
Diagnostic'
Group
i i
, . . . . . . . . II i .. l.4
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List
of
Tables
(cont.)
13. Percentage of 2s
in
Each G r o ~ p Receiving Scores of 0, 1, 2 on Each
C a t e g o r y . ~ ' ' ' f . ' . # . ' . ~ . ' '
, 22
14. Product-moment Correlations between Categories PO, PR, PP and Length
for Two Samples,
Male
and Female, Each of Three Groups, 50 ~ s in each
Group
, . . . . . . . . . .,
,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,
, . ,
,
23
15. r o ~ u c t - m o m e n t Correlations
between
PO,
PRI PP and
I p t e l l i g e ~ e
Test
Scores "for Three
Female"Groups
, ",.
,,,"
, 25
16. T-Scores "for Categories
PO PR,
t 27
17. T-Score Percentages of Normal, Neurotic and Psychotic ~ s ' f o r Each
Scoring Categoryo . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , ,
, . 2B
lB. T-Score Percentages of Normal, Neurotic and Psychotic ~ s
for
Scoring
Categories PO and i Conibined
o
1 - " "
, 29
19. T-Score
P e r ~ e n t a g e s
of Normal, Neurotic and Psychotic
for
Scoring
Categories PO and PP
Combined
, , .-
, 29
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Preface
This manual presents a concise but abbreviated statement of
objective
TAT s c o ~ i ~ system and i ts predictive efficiency. t is
~ e s i g n e d
to facilitate application of this approach to TAT scoring. Although the
rationale
upon which this method is predicate?, derives from certain specific
assumptions regarding personality,
the
clinical use of
these
categories does
not demand any Earticular theoretical
persuasion. The
author
recognizes
two
kinds
of
validity
germane to projective instruments:
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Introduction
..........
Clinical
use of the TAT has been largely
restricted to content
analysis
'by the plethora of cumbersome
scoring
systems currently available, That
scoring
systems should be _;mple,
objective"
employ s t ~ m u l u s properties of
the TAT
cards, and be
related
to
122.rsona,li.:t.l
theory,
s
becoming empirically
. evident. That TA'F scoring can be a cler,ical procedure c:.nd
interpretation
a
clinical
skil l
con1ruent with the new look in
projertive
testing. The
use of
objective
scoring does not imply abandonment of
content
analysis but
is
merely a
fonnal aid to this process.
P ~ t i o n a 1 e
Discussion
of the
approach to personality theory uhich
antedated
the
rationale
for
' :AT scoring is rtot appropriate here (3)
How'ever
there are at
least three aspects of
test
behavior to be considered in devising objective
scoring
systems
(6):
(a)
approach
to
the situation (reflected" for
e ~ m p l e "
in the manner standard test directions are followed).; (b) normality of
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cription;
(b)
present
behavior;
(c) past events;
(d)
future
events;
(e)
feeling; (f) thought; (g) outcome.
PO Scori?s i r ~ c t i o n ~
You
are scoring
to
see hOl closely the subject follmved the
original
test d i r e c t i o n s ~ Score sheets are provided (Appendix A) which are used to
record
PO,
P . [ ~
and PP.
The
score sheet contains a
l i s t
of
the
seven com-
ponents
(abbreviated as
CD,
P B ~
PE,
FE,
F,
T,
0
respectively)
and spaces
to
r e ~ o r d presenoe
or
absence of
each
component
for
each card used. Columns
have been
labeled for cards
2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and apace is
lef t for
any other
cards which
may
have been
administered.
Each
PO
component
present
in stvr,y
is scored by
placing
a
plus +)
in
the appropriate
space
on the score
sheet.
A minus
(-)
is
scored
for components not included. ITo score is given for
frequency
of
appearance
on
each card.. .
Any of these components which appear after the
f irs t question
by the
examiner
(additional
scores)
should be
entered
on
the sheet
and
the
entry
circled.
All stories given by the
subject
mal be scored. The total PO score is the
sum
of acores
to
the five storjes.from c ~ r d s
2,
3, 4, 6, 7. Note
that
space
i s also provided for tal1;rir-8 frequency (f) of components for
al l
cards.
Circled PO cOnl.:)onen i.:,s
. 1 ? h 2 . ~ ) be added in
obtaining the total PO score.
Enter total sccre in t o : : ~
J
. be::..:ld Tj ent,er
total
additional
scores
in box
labeled T add.
a.
Card Description (CD)
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d.
Future Events (FE)
.......---'--
Things,
events,
situations vn1ich will take plnce or ~ o
take
place in
the
future, i .e . nfter,the tinle of
the
scene pictured on
the card
'and
described
in
the stor,y., These may
be in the
immediate or remote
future
and must be
specifio and definite things, events, or
situations.
e. Feeling (1 )
Any
expression of
feeling or
emotion on
the part
of
the
characters
present
in
the story. fhis includes affect, i .e .
sad,
mad, n love,
and
de sire, i . e., wishing and wanting
(but not ~ ,
f .
Thought (T)
Any
expression of thought, memory,
drerun
or allied
mental
state present
in the story. This inclUdes deCision,
belief,
realization, knowing, praying,
figuring, etc.
g.
Outoome (0)
The
inclusion
of a specific statement W h ~ c h indicates the ending,
denouement,
finale, or
conclusion
of the
story. This
nmy consist
in
behavior,
feeling, thought
or
even,
r a r e ~
be
present
by i' lpU,.cation in
future events.
If this
does occur,
both outcome
and futur:e events
are
scored. Usually
appears
a t or near
the end of the story, i .e .
1
the
last sentence
or
phrase ..
2.
Perceptual
Hange
PR.)
Description
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Card 2
(a)
family: young girl, activity specified; woman' adult male;
(b)
fields or farm;
(c)
books or school; Card
3
Cd) female; te) emotions noted;
activity
specified;
(f)
story: death, murder, illness, frustration; t ~ r d 4
(:;) male; emotions noted;
activity
specified; ll)
woman; activity
specified,;
(i)
conflict
or cooperation;
Card 6
( j)
male,
activity indicated;
(k) female,
emotions n o t e d ~ (1)
relationship
indicated; Card
7
(m) adult female, activit l
specified; emotions noted; (n) child, female, emotions.noted; (0)
relation
ship specified.
You have been p r o v i d e ~ l v i t h criteria
l i s ts
on a score sheet
M
or F).
(Appendix A).
All
items
included
in
each
criterion
must be mentioned
for
score to
be earned.
No score
is
f$iven
for
ind,efinite
or ambiguous
state
ments.- For example, in Card 2 (male),
i f
the
"family," the
lIyoung girl," the
II
woman/
and-'
the
lIadult male
ll
a.re mentioned, no score is- given because the
tractivityl of
the
womanll
if? not specified
..
Road
each story once,
then
go
ta
ck and look
for
eaoh particular_item
n
each criterion;
finally,
check off complete criteria on the score sheet, plus
+) f ~ r ~ h o s e
present;
minus
(-)
for
those
not
included in story.
To obtain
the
total
Fa
score,
add the
plus
scores obtained
for
each
stor.r,
and enter in box
labeled
T
3 Perceptual Personalization
(pp)
Description
Some
expression,
words, and phrases used
in
the
s t o ~
are
incongruous
and have no obvious
reference
to the story that 2 is trying to
relate.
These
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Questions;
nls that a boy
or
a
girl?
tI\ihat t s
that
supposed
to be?U
~ d e g u a c I
of
p'erformancas
I
canlt figure that
one
out.1I
Q u a l i f i c p t i ? ~ :
vlait a
minutE:>,.;.1I
It ls not real'J
that at al l
1I
Picture criticism: This
picture
is silly.1I IIThere
is no
point
to
this
at all. .
I;arenthetical
pomments; That
S
s about
all
on
that,ll
There
is
not
much connected with it.1I
Adventitious descri-otive
comments:
Any remarks just thrown in without
apparent connection
to
the rest
of
the story. These remarks often pertain to
physical
description of
the picture, or the people in
i t
yaguenes;a and evasJ.on:
or
01' , II either
,or, lmore
or
less,lI
II
th .
11 II
h t .
II
or some J.ng" '. ,
w,
a ever ~ ~ S
Persona+ ;reference: Any reference to urn.
Any
inclusion
of
personal
information'which is
identified as
such by the
subject.
List
the
words and phrases by number for each 'card scored on the
appropriate score sheet
(M or F) .
.
List each word or phrase to be scored s e p a ~ a t e l y
One
point
is
given
for
each word
or
phrase
l isted.
The
PP
score is
the
total number of
points
for al l
cards
scored. Enter
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Table 1
.
Product-moment
Correlations
of PO Scores for
Each Card with PO Score -for
AlrCards,
(
67
Normal
Female Sa)
-
Card . :
1
.72
2
.68
3
,76
4 .69
5 .73
6
7
.74
8
.74
9
..
75
lO
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for
the
entire
set
with
Z
transformations
to
provide a illean
correlation.
Table 2
presents
the p r o d u c t ~ m o m e n t intercorreL1tions
of. PO
scores for
normal female ~ s .
These
data
indicate that the stimulus-values of the
selected
?
TAT cards in. terms
of
N of PO
items)
are approx;i..mately equivalent.
Table 3 . ~ u m m a r i z e s
the
product-moment intercorrelations
of
scoring
categories
PO
PR
PP for three diagnostic groups in the male sample 2).
Significant relationships obtain between l l three categories. PO and PP
are inversely related such that high scores on PO tend
to
occur with low
scores
on pP.
To
a considerably
lesser
degree
PR
and PP are alsQ inversely
related.
These figur.es
raise
the
question
of
overlap
between
PO
and
P R
especially, and to a lesser extent between PO and
PP.
Further
research
must
explore the significance of these
interrelationships.
The
assumptions con-
cerning
personality
which
led
to this TAT m a n u ~ l
are
thoroughly congruent with
such
associations
among
scoring categories,
Subjeets
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Table 2
Product-moment Intercorrelations
Between PO Scores
on
Five Cards
(67
Normal Female
Card
3 4 . 6
2
62
lIJ
. 50
.53
3
.61
57
.58
4
.58
.57
6
.60
Note.--All figures are
significant
at
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Table 3
Product-moment Intercorrelations of
Categories PO,
PR,
PP for Three
Groups n
the
Male
Sample
Category
i
pp
ro
Group:
Normal
.25
_.4Q;H r
Neurotic
. 4 3 ~ H ~
- . 3 2 1 ~
Psychotic
53* *
-.4 )l,U,r
Group:
. Normal
- .18
Neurotic'
.01
Psychoti"c
. 3 l f ~
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chosen in terms of
these
same criteria with one exception;
outpatient clinic
neurotics
were used.
All
were between the ages
of
20 and
40,
\iith
I.Q.
scores of average or
better.
Reliability
Two
kinds of
scorer reliability were used
5, 6): a) scoring
category
reliability; b) reliability of
the
items composing the categories.
Scorer
reliability
lIms determined by means of percent of agreement. Both kinds of
scorer reliability were c a l c u L ~ t e d for
al l
three groups, \ ~ t h
various
scorers,
psychologists and
c l e r k s ~
From the male validation sample 75
stories,
25
from each group, were randomly drawn, coded, and scored
for
reliability.
The
same
process were used for
150 stories
from the female sample and
75
stories
from the male
c r o o s v a l i d a t ~ o n
sample. In
al l
the reliability tables the
figures
reported
for
the male-validation sample represent the average per cent
of agreement
for
three s c o r e r ~ ; the figures
for
the male
cross-validation
sample and the female sample
represent
the percent of agre.ement for two
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Table
4
Scoring Category
Reliability per
cent
of
agreement
for
Male Validation,
Male
Cross-validation C)
and
Female Validation Samples
Sample
Category
ro
R
pp
Male
88
86
86
Male cl
93
89
75
Female
94
91
76
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Table
P
Item eliability (per
cent
of agreement)
for Male
Validation,
Male
Cross-validation
C ) ~ and Female Validation Samples
Sample
tem
Male
Male
(C)
Female
Card Description 91.
91
91
Present Behavior
89
91
94
Past Events
90
91
94
Future Events
89
97 93
Feeling
89
90
95
Thought
81
89
96
Outcome
92
99
96
89 .
ean
93
94
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Table
6
i Item Reliability per cent of agreement)
for Male Validation, Male Cross-validation
(C), and
Female
Validation Samples
Item
Sample
,1-1ale
Male Female
1
69
93
87
2 86
93
100
3
1
100
87
4
93
100
100
5
86
87
93
6
71
87 83
7
82
87
93
8
95
87
93
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Table
7
PP
Oategor,r Reiiability
~ e r
cent of agreement)
y
e x ~ s
and
Diagndstic Group
d ~ ~ p
: .
NOJ1 ll181 Behrotie
P ~ 1 c h d t i c
:
Male
88
84
76
Male
(0)
8
73
74
Female
78
77
76
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same
instances for the
male
sample from those reported in Table 4 because the
component entries are themselves mean agreements of three
scorers.
No con
sistent
or
large differences appear between males or females and
~ h e r e
were
no significant
differences
n
scoring the three diagnostic groups, Thus, the
reliability figures for each
diagnostic
group
are
omitted. The reliability of
scoring separate PO items (on
l l
samples) ranged from 89 to 97 per cent of
agreement;. PR from 60 to 100 per
cent
of agreement.
Table 7 prosents the reliability of scoring PP for males females and
diagnostic groups.
The
lowered PP figures
reflect
ambiguity
in the
Bcoring
directions,
i .e.
the
absence
of
specified
criteria
to
look
for
in
the
stories.
PP r e l i a ~ i l i t y
figures
are
reported
by diagnostic
group because ambiguity
in
creases
with-bizarreness present
n the TAT stor,y. The selection of just what
to score becomes difficult as l i t t le in
the
protocol
relates
to
the continuity
of the stor,y.
Validity
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--
16-
Table 8
Means,
Standard Deviations SD) and Ranges for ~ ~ l e
M)
Male r o s s ~ v a l i d a t i o n C)
and Female F) Validation
Sam/1es
of
Normal, Neurotic, and Psychotic
Groups
on
Each Scoring Category
~ a t e g o r y
Bean
SD Range
M
F
M
C
F 1 1
C
-F
ro
Group:
Normal
26.6 26.5 27.5
3.7
2.6
3.9
19-32 22-31 16-35
Neurotic
- 20.8
18.5 18.5 4.2
3.2
4.3
12-29
11-24
10-25
Psychotic
13.2
10.8
8.5
4.1.
2.9 2.9
6-24
6-21
5-18
PR
Group:
Normal
12.1
13.4
14.2
1.8
1.3
1.0
8-15
11-15
11-15
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Table 9
Summary of Median Test Results on
PO, FR.
PP Scores
of l ~ l e Validation
Sample,
Combined
Above
Category
1,Iedian
He
dian
X
2
PO
Group:
Normal
37.0
24.50 23.0
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Table 11
Summary
of
Median Test R9sults
on PO,
PR,
PP
Scores of
Male
Cross validation
Sample
Combined
Above
Category
Median
l
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Table
12
Normal-neurotic and Neurotic-psychotic Medians
for'Hale Validation,
lfule Cross-Validation
(C),
Female Validation, Total
11ale, and Total
:f.fale and
Female Sa.r.lples
for
T T Scoring Categories
PO,
FR, PP
Category
a
Sample:
1:1ale
Male
(C)
Female
Total I"fale
Total
F
FR
Hedian
normal-neurotic Neurotic-psychotic
24.5 16.9
2.3.0
14.0
22.5 12.J.
23.8
16.3
23.4
14
7
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.
normal-neurotic and
n e u r o t i c ~ p s y c h o t i c
medians were given
1;
and
scores
e l ~
the neurotic-psychotic
medians were given 2 PP scores
the
normal-
neurotic median were given scores between the normal-neurotic median and
the neurotic-psychotic median were given 1; and scores above the
neurotic
psychotic
median were given
2.
Table
13
presents the
percentages
of
~ s
male.
(validation
plus cross-validation
samples) and female,
in
each
diagnostic
group
receiving
scores
of 0,
1,
2. This table can be used directly to
evaluate
the
pl obability that a particular scored T T record
( men
translated into .prediction
scores) will fall into the nomal, neuroti'c, or psychotic group. This
table
constitutes
preliminary
norms
for these three T T s c o r i ~ g
categories.
Past
T T
r e s ~ a r c h (1) has indicated
that
length
n u m b ~ r
of words) may be
related
to objective
sporing.
The question of whether the median
test
differ
ences were a result of
length
was raised in the male validation study That is,
would
the
groups have been
alike
in
FO
scores had
their
p r o t o ~ o l s
been
of
equivalent
length? The assumptions necessary for covarience adjustments are
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Table 13
,Pel crentage
of
.S
in
Each Group ReceiYing
Scores
of
0 1 2 Q n BolCh Category
Group ,
Categor,r
PO
i
PP
Normal
Score:
0
B
B4 87
1
1B
16
12
2
0 0
1
Neurotio
Score:
17
14
26
1
6B
81
40
2
15
5 34
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Table 14
Product-moment Correlations between Categories PO, PH,
-PP, and Lengtlrfor:Two-
S a n i p . l . J 5 i . a ~ ; - < u : 1 d Female,
Each
of
Three Groups, 50
~ s
in Each
Group
Length Category
P
i
PP
Hale
Group:
Normal
.23 .15
.16
Neurotic
5 2 l H ~
.12
.11
Psychotic
.3011
-.02
.21
Femnle
Group:
Normal 55** .10
-.00
Neurotic
34it
.50**
.40*11
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length correlations for the male and female samples do not diffe r
to
s v great
extent The marked similarity of the respective distributions indicates that
the influence of length on median test differences
for
the female sample is
not important.
Some
PR-length and PP-length correlations are significant for '
the
female sample.
However
n e i ~ h e r
correlation
for
the
normal group approaches
significance.
This suggests
that
length does not influence
the
scoring
cate-
gones but may be
related to
psychopathology. Again the magnitude of
the obtained correlations.incomparison with the magnitude
of the
chi-square
differences
between groups p r o v i d e ~ evidence against any appreciable constant
effect
on either
PH or PP prediction
scores.
Although consensus of experts has not considered
intelligence
to be
related to TAT
scores,
product-moment
correlations
were
calculated
between
scoring categories and
i n t e l l i ~ n c e
as estimated by Wechsler-Bellevue, Fonn
I,
I .q. scores (Table 15 .
The
correlations ~ e e n PO and PR scores and
intelli-
gence scores for neurotics were significant at
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clinical
populations over a broad range of situations, the advantages
of
T-
scores
are
recognized.
Primarily,
however, the opportunity
for
maximizing
differences
between groups by use of combined
scores
was obtained. Thus, these
scores when
n o ~ ~ l i z e d
b e c ~ n e units corillnon
to
psychological measurement and
their meaning is enhanced.
Table 16
presents the
T-score
equivalents
for
each
T T
scoring
c a t e g o ~ .
Table 17 contains T-score percentages of normal,
neurotic,
and psychotic s ~ l e s
for each
scoring
categorJ.
I t
~ d l l be noted that Tables 13 and 17 present
highly
similar percentage
figures,
differing only as a function
of
ehoiee
of
cut-off
points.
BOliever,
when
T-scores
are
added
to
provide
the
combinations
for
Fa
and PR, PO and PP, f,R and PP, and PO, PR,
PP, striking
differences occur
in
the predictive efficiency
of the
scoring
categories.
Tables IB, 19, 20, 21
provide this informau on. lhen ro and PI T-scores are combined (Table 1$), 79
per
cent
of normal Ss
fall
between scores of 112 and
145;
BB
percent
of neurotic
.S
fall
betvleen B9 and l l l and
83
per
cent
of psychotic'
.S
fal l between
49
and
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Table
16
T Scores
for
Categories
PO
pp
PR"
T Score
Ca.tegory
r
FR
pp
78
35-37
72
32-34
67
15
65
29-31
62
14
59
26-2S
53
13
0.-:2
56
12
55
23-25
53
11
52
20-22
51
l
50
3-5
49
17-19
9
47
8
46
14-16
45
7
6-8
43
11-13
6
42
9-11
40
5
39 12-14
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~ ~
Table
17
T Score Percentages
of
Normal
1
Neurotic and
Psychotic ~
for Each
Scoring
Categor,y
T o ~ e
Normal Neurotic
P S Y ~ l o t i c
pp
O
FR
'pp
00
R
PP
ro
PH
5;.w. fS
88
84
87
24
14
25
2 1
13
46;.54
2
16
g
65
71
22
18
12
23
19 45
0
0
5
11
15
53
80
87
64
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Table 18
T Score Pereentages 01 Normal, Neurotic and Psychotic
s
for
Scoring Categories
PO
and
FR
Combined
T Score
NOrmal
Neurotic Psychotic
112-145
79
6
B9-l11
21
BS
17
49 8B
0 6
B 3
Table 19
T
Score Percentages ot-Normalj Neurotic and Psychotic
.S for
Scoring Categories PO and
PP Combined
T
Score
Normal
Neurotic
Psychotic'
109-136
92
IS 2
89-108
8
62
27
49-88
0
20
71
Table
20
T
Score
Percentages
of
Normal, Neurotic and Psychotic
~
for Scoring Categories
PR and
PP Combined
!
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cant percentage of three diagnostic groups. Hmiever
the
information
actually
obtained by
this
scoring
system goes consiqerably beyond
preqiction
of
clinical
diagnosis, he scores of an
are believed to
represent
IIdegree
of psychiatric
illness,. Thus any expectation t 100 per cent d;i.stinction between groups
would not be supported
Mental
illness,
as
tapped by
this
system
consists
in
deviations
fxom
normative TAT behavior and represents changes
in subjective, internalized
meaning qystems
called
IIrealityll. Certain concomitants of mental illness are
emphasized bY this system:
(a)
awareness of reality
is
diminished; (b) ex-
perience.can
be organized with
difficulty
i at all; (c) the desire to
giye
an acceptable account
of
oneself diminishes. These appear as attributes
of
a 108s of psychic energy n e c e s s a ~ : y for optimal individual function.
he
manual can be considered an
enterprise
preliminary to
the
major
responsibility of any projective technique, i . ~ . validitY2
. I
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Dana,.
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Dana, H,
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ppendix
Score sheet
m le
Score sheet female
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TAT
Score .Sheet: Male
Perceptual
'Organization
(po), Perceptual Range
(ffi),
Perceptual Personalization
(pP)
a m e ~
ge_
ro
PR
PP
Component
Card
Card
Criteria
(List. bjr card H).
Tot
-
2
o a.
Family: .young gir l wanan,
CD
B
I
I
I
1
I
-
-
Total
Add
-
1
activity specified; adultmale.
b . Fields
or
farm.
PB
c.
Books or school.
P
3
d.
Figure, sex and.
age
specified.
Emotions noted.
FE
. f. Activity specified.
z
4
D'
g.
i4'alej
emotions
noted, act ivi ty
specified.
T
a
h.
Woman;
act ivi ty specified.
i.Conflict or cooperation.
o
6 n
j
l'ianj emotions noted, act ivi ty
Total N
specified.
FJ
k.
Woman;'emotions
noted.
_ 1.
Personality
referrent.
7
C::lm Older
male, act ivi ty specified,
. relationship specified.
El
n. Male, emotions noted.
o. Personality referrent.
Sum T
Scorer_________________
[J
cr
TEl
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