Interest and limitations of projective techniques in the assessment of personality disorders

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (S1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
J.M. Petot
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Indirect Methods ◽  
Projective Techniques ◽  
Thematic Apperception

SummaryAssessing personality disorders (PD) remains a difficult task because of persistent problems linked to concurrent validity of existing instruments, which are all structured interviews or self-report inventories. It has been advocated that indirect methods, projective techniques in particular, can strengthen PD assessment methods. The thematic apperception test (TAT) may be a significant adjuvant method of PD assessment.

Implicit Affiliation Motive Predicts Correct Intuitive Judgment

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Quirin ◽  
Rainer Düsing ◽  
Julius Kuhl
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Related Word ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Social Motives ◽  
Explicit Motives ◽  
Intuitive Judgment ◽  
Affiliation Motive ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Intuitive Thought ◽  
Implicit Power

Previous research demonstrated that affiliation primes facilitate intuitive thought ( Kuhl & Kazén, 2008 ). We investigated whether trait tendencies toward affiliation also predict intuitive thought. Thirty-nine students filled in the operant motive test for the assessment of social motives, a variant of the Thematic Apperception Test, and corresponding self-report scales. Then, 9 months later, participants engaged in a remote associates task where they intuitively indicated whether three words are semantically related. As expected, the implicit affiliation motive significantly predicted the accuracy of identifying related word triads, though neither implicit power and achievement motives, nor explicit motives did so.

scholarly journals The concurrent validity of a Web-based self-report assessment for personality disorders

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farid Chakhssi ◽  
Ies Dijksman ◽  
Mara L. Velmans ◽  
J. Monique Zoet ◽  
Jeanine M. Oostendorp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Web Based

Assessment of Axis Ii Personality Disorders among Female Substance Abusers

1991 ◽  
Vol 68 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1344-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen F. Butler ◽  
Bernard Gaulier ◽  
Deborah Haller
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Axis Ii ◽  
High Prevalence

16 female substance abusers were assessed for the presence of personality disorders using two structured interviews and two self-report questionnaires. Although high prevalence of personality disorders was detected by each instrument, there was little agreement among the four methods for assessing these disorders.

scholarly journals Validity of the TAT in Brazil: Theoretical and Methodological Issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Antonio Scaduto ◽  
Valeria Barbieri ◽  
Manoel Antônio dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Classical Test Theory ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Test Theory ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Projective Techniques ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Multidimensional Methods ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract Although the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is popular in Brazil, showing evidences of its validity remains a challenge. In the present article, we discuss such issue by analyzing the definition of the TAT as a projective method and a psychological test, its use by different theoretical traditions, relations between nomothetic and idiographic analysis levels, limitations of Classical Test Theory for evaluating the instrument’s properties, and challenges regarding research and practice with the instrument in Brazil. We advocate that overcoming a traditional view of projective techniques, using multidimensional methods and performing wider empirical studies on norms and validation evidences with multicenter databases may allow more secure and informed practices with the instrument among researchers and practitioners in the country.

Comparing IAT and TAT measures of power versus intimacy motivation

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kennon M. Sheldon ◽  
Laura A. King ◽  
Linda Houser‐Marko ◽  
Richard Osbaldiston ◽  
Alexander Gunz
Keyword(s):  
Social Dilemma ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Implicit Associations ◽  
New School ◽  
Intrinsic Values ◽  
Implicit Associations Test ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Is Value

We assessed implicit orientations towards power versus intimacy using the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and the Implicit Associations Test (IAT). In addition, we assessed explicit orientations using self‐report measures of dominance versus nurturance motives and extrinsic versus intrinsic values. Further, we assessed the rated self‐concordance and importance of power versus intimacy idiographic goals. The six measures formed four factors: motives/values, goals, IAT and TAT. We also assessed a variety of outcomes ranging from well‐being to choice in a social dilemma. All six predictors correlated with at least some outcomes, with the values measure being strongest predictor of the predominantly self‐report outcomes. We suggest that there is value in simultaneously considering old school and new school approaches to assessing implicit motives. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Exploring the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders Using SCORS-G Ratings on Thematic Apperception Test Narratives

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Jared R. Ruchensky ◽  
Emily A. Dowgwillo ◽  
Shannon E. Kelley ◽  
Christina Massey ◽  
Jenelle Slavin-Mulford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Global Rating ◽  
Personality Functioning ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Criterion A ◽  
Object Relational ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Rating Method

The Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) in Section III of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) conceptualizes personality pathology as a combination of impairment (Criterion A) and traits (Criterion B). One measure used to develop Criterion A was the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale – Global Rating Method (SCORS-G), which is a multidimensional, object-relational clinician-rated measure of personality functioning. Although there are conceptual links between the AMPD and SCORS-G dimensions, there exists no research examining the relationship. To address this, we examined associations between the SCORS-G dimensions and measures of the AMPD constructs in a large, archival dataset of outpatients and inpatients. More pathological scores on SCORS-G dimensions reflecting self- and interpersonal functioning were associated with greater pathological traits and impairment. Overall, results support further investigation into SCORS-G as a useful measure in AMPD research and assessment.

Too Much to Bear

Crisis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole J. Peak ◽  
James C. Overholser ◽  
Josephine Ridley ◽  
Abby Braden ◽  
Lauren Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Veterans Affairs ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Perceived Burdensomeness ◽  
Scale Method

Abstract. Background: People who feel they have become a burden on others may become susceptible to suicidal ideation. When people no longer feel capable or productive, they may assume that friends and family members would be better off without them. Aim: The present study was designed to assess preliminary psychometric properties of a new measure, the Perceived Burdensomeness (PBS) Scale. Method: Depressed psychiatric patients (N = 173) were recruited from a veterans affairs medical center. Patients were assessed with a structured diagnostic interview and self-report measures assessing perceived burdensomeness, depression severity, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation. Results: The present study supported preliminary evidence of reliability and concurrent validity of the PBS. Additionally, perceived burdensomeness was significantly associated with higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal ideation. Conclusion: It is hoped that with the aid of the PBS clinicians may be able to intervene more specifically in the treatment of suicidality.

Test-Retest Reliability of a Self-Report Questionnaire for DSM-IV and ICD-10 Personality Disorders

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Ottosson ◽  
Martin Grann ◽  
Gunnar Kullgren
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Summary: Short-term stability or test-retest reliability of self-reported personality traits is likely to be biased if the respondent is affected by a depressive or anxiety state. However, in some studies, DSM-oriented self-reported instruments have proved to be reasonably stable in the short term, regardless of co-occurring depressive or anxiety disorders. In the present study, we examined the short-term test-retest reliability of a new self-report questionnaire for personality disorder diagnosis (DIP-Q) on a clinical sample of 30 individuals, having either a depressive, an anxiety, or no axis-I disorder. Test-retest scorings from subjects with depressive disorders were mostly unstable, with a significant change in fulfilled criteria between entry and retest for three out of ten personality disorders: borderline, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Scorings from subjects with anxiety disorders were unstable only for cluster C and dependent personality disorder items. In the absence of co-morbid depressive or anxiety disorders, mean dimensional scores of DIP-Q showed no significant differences between entry and retest. Overall, the effect from state on trait scorings was moderate, and it is concluded that test-retest reliability for DIP-Q is acceptable.

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