Perceptions of Major Roles by College Students

1980 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Landon Alpert ◽  
Mary Sue Richardson ◽  
Bonnie Perlmutter ◽  
Fay Shutzer
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Rater Agreement ◽  
Thematic Apperception

This study concerns women's and men's perceptions of five roles and role combinations: worker, spouse, parent, worker-spouse, and worker-parent. Undergraduates wrote stories to relevant projective cues. A variation of the Thematic Apperception Test was used. Protocols were coded for degree of (a) conflict, (b) positive outcome, and (c) positive affect, with inter-rater agreement at least 77% for each category. Sex and role differences were analyzed. Results indicate minimal sex differences. The tentative nature of the results is stressed.

Outcomes of Thematic Apperception Test and Apperceptive Personality Test Stories

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 479-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Karp ◽  
David E. Silber ◽  
Robert W. Holmstrom ◽  
Valarie Banks ◽  
Julie Karp
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Test Stimulus ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Story Content ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Answering Questions

8 Thematic Apperception Test or 8 Apperceptive Personality Test stimulus pictures were shown to each of 40 college students randomly selected from a larger group of 503 students with the instructions to make up and write out a story about each picture. Following this, subjects filled out questionnaires in multiple-choice format, answering questions about each of their stories including a rating of the outcome of the story on a 5-point scale from very happy (successful) to very unhappy (unsuccessful). Based solely upon the stories, each of two judges rated the story outcomes on the same 5-point scale used by subjects. Interjudge agreement was .87. High and significant correlations were obtained between judges' ratings of the stories and subjects' questionnaire ratings of the same stories, for both TAT and APT and for both male and female subjects. The results suggest, at least as far as story outcome is concerned, substantial similarity of questionnaire ratings by judges of story content.

Convergent Validity of Rorschach and Thematic Apperception Test Ego Strength Measures

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1101-1102
Author(s):  
Richard H. Dana ◽  
Karen M. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Ego Strength ◽  
Thematic Apperception

Ego strength measures from the Rorschach and Thematic Apperception Test were compared for 101 college students. While intercorrelations for each technique were significant (range .24—69), no evidence for convergent validity was found.

Differences in Disfluency Behavior Between Male and Female Nonstuttering Children

1971 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Kools ◽  
Joan D. Berryman
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Thematic Apperception

Speech samples of 150 words were obtained from 92 first-grade children, 46 males and 46 females. Children’s Thematic Apperception Test pictures were employed to elicit verbalization. Occurrences of types of disfluencies were identified from taped recordings. No sex differences were found with regard to total number of disfluencies. Comparisons of incidence of specific types of disfluencies revealed that males exhibited a greater number of incomplete phrases than did females.

External Validity of SCORS-G Ratings of Thematic Apperception Test Narratives in a Sample of Outpatients and Inpatients

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle B. Stein ◽  
Jenelle Slavin-Mulford ◽  
Caleb J. Siefert ◽  
Samuel Justin Sinclair ◽  
Michaela Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitalization ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Conduct Disordered ◽  
Global Ratings ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
History Of

Abstract. The Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Ratings Method (SCORS-G; Stein, Hilsenroth, Slavin-Mulford, & Pinsker-Aspen, 2011 ) is a reliable system for coding narrative data, such as Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) stories. This study employs a cross-sectional, correlational design to examine associations between SCORS-G dimensions and life events in two clinical samples. Samples were composed of 177 outpatients and 57 inpatients who completed TAT protocols as part of routine clinical care. Two experienced raters coded narratives with the SCORS-G. Data on the following clinically relevant life events were collected: history of psychiatric hospitalization, suicidality, self-harming behavior, drug/alcohol abuse, conduct-disordered behavior, trauma, and education level. As expected, the clinical life event variable associated with the largest number of SCORS-G dimensions was Suicidality. Identity and Coherence of Self was related to self-harm history across samples. Emotional Investment in Relationships and Complexity of Representations were also associated with several life events. Clinical applications, limitations of the study, and future directions are reviewed.

Personal Problem Solving of Partners in Divorce Proceedings

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tereza Soukupova ◽  
Petr Goldmann
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Scoring Systems ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personal Problem ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Given

Abstract. The Thematic Apperception Test is one of the most frequently administered apperceptive techniques. Formal scoring systems are helpful in evaluating story responses. TAT stories, made by 20 males and 20 females in the situation of legal divorce proceedings, were coded for detection and comparison of their personal problem solving ability. The evaluating instrument utilized was the Personal Problem Solving System-Revised (PPSS-R) as developed by G. F. Ronan. The results indicate that in relation to card 1, men more often than women saw the cause of the problem as removable. With card 6GF, women were more motivated to resolve the given problem than were men, women had a higher personal control and their stories contained more optimism compared to men’s stories. In relation to card 6BM women, more often than men, used emotions generated from the problem to orient themselves within the problem. With card 13MF, the men’s level of stress was less compared to that of the women, and men were more able to plan within the context of problem-solving. Significant differences in the examined groups were found in those cards which depicted significant gender and parental potentials. The TAT can be used to help identify personality characteristics and gender differences.

Differential Performance of Professional Dancers to the Music Apperception Test and the Thematic Apperception Test

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-49
Author(s):  
Leland van den Daele ◽  
Ashley Yates ◽  
Sharon Rae Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Visual Processing ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Basic Emotions ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Professional Dancers ◽  
Visually Based ◽  
Modality Preference

Abstract. This project compared the relative performance of professional dancers and nondancers on the Music Apperception Test (MAT; van den Daele, 2014 ), then compared dancers’ performance on the MAT with that on the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT; Murray, 1943 ). The MAT asks respondents to “tell a story to the music” in compositions written to represent basic emotions. Dancers had significantly shorter response latency and were more fluent in storytelling than a comparison group matched for gender and age. Criterion-based evaluation of dancers’ narratives found narrative emotion consistent with music written to portray the emotion, with the majority integrating movement, sensation, and imagery. Approximately half the dancers were significantly more fluent on the MAT than the TAT, while the other half were significantly more fluent on the TAT than the MAT. Dancers who were more fluent on the MAT had a higher proportion of narratives that integrated movement and imagery compared with those more fluent on the TAT. The results were interpreted as consistent with differences observed in neurological studies of auditory and visual processing, educational studies of modality preference, and the cognitive style literature. The MAT provides an assessment tool to complement visually based performance tests in personality appraisal.

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