Reviews the concept of early recollections (ERs) and examines their value as a projective technique in counseling. Discusses research and case studies which examine the clinical usefulness of ERs. (JAC)

This study used a techno-projective assessment method to analyze the relationship between pencil pressure applied during drawing tasks and state anxiety (S-anxiety) and trait anxiety (T-anxiety) levels. A highly accurate and precise pressure-sensitive palette was used by participants (N = 50) between the ages of 6 and 11 to reliably and…

This article addresses a 2006 article by Hojnoski, Morrison, Brown, and Matthews on the use of performance-based measurement among school-based practitioners. Their results suggest that many of their survey respondents favor the use of this form of measurement. This line of research is important and addresses an important issue in current clinical…

The use of projective techniques by school psychologists has been a point of interest and debate, with a number of survey studies documenting usage. The purpose of this study is to update the status of projective use among school psychologists, with a specific focus on their use in the social emotional assessment of children in schools. In…

Acquisition of verbal behavior is a major goal of interventions for children with developmental disabilities. We evaluated the effectiveness of manipulation of an establishing operation for functional discriminated mands. Four individuals with developmental disabilities participated in a training procedure designed to teach two separate mands for…

Objective:: This exploratory study examined the discriminant validity of 10 human-figure features commonly used by many proponents of the draw-a-person (DAP) projective technique as evidence of childhood sexual abuse. Two exploratory features were also examined. Method:: Rather than drawing human figures, 64 children (M=8 years, 9 months),…

Children's stereotypes about scientists have been postulated to affect student science identity and interest in science. Findings from prior studies using "Draw a Scientist Test" methods suggest that students see scientists as largely white, often unattractive, men; one consequence may be that girls and minority students feel a science career is…

The correlation between number of words used to describe an imaginary picture on the blank card of the Thematic Apperception Test and creativity scores was examined with 47 undergraduate women. Results indicated length of response to the blank card correlated better with creativity than did length of response to picture cards. (DB)

This paper discusses challenging features of interviewing young children for a range of purposes. Research with young children is discussed as well as other forms of interviewing by practitioners in a range of fields. Processes in establishing the interview purpose include defining some ground rules for the young client, managing the physical…

The autobiographical essay below was shared by Ms.Waisanen with researchers from the University of Michigan?s Child Bereavement Project when, at age16, Ms. Waisanen was interviewed in a study of the impact of parental death upon families with school-aged children. The Project, a longitudinal, community-based study of parentally bereaved children…

Hutt's hypothesis that anxiety is reflected by absolute size deviations on reproduced Bender-Gestalt figures was investigated by administering the test to 40 subjects. Measures of trait anxiety and defensive style were found to be intercorrelated significantly and to interact significantly with anxiety condition. (Author/BL)

Argues that as individual instruments the two types of psychological measures can be distinguished but emphasizes that the distinction between the measures as classes of instruments is less viable. (BL)

Investigated identity and life-span perceptions of 37 chronic mental patients, aged 23 to 64 years of age. Findings from life drawing projective technique revealed age differences in adaptation of identity to life experiences associated with mental illness. Younger subjects were more likely to adopt patient identity; older subjects adapted to…

Rorschach responses of 15 dyslexia children (eight-16 years old) were compared with those of 12 suitably matched controls. Dyslexic Ss made considerable use of card shape, but much less use of other determinants (color, texture, etc.). Unlike controls they seldom turned the cards around and the overall number of responses per person was…

Analyzed predicted decline of projective techniques in usefulness and emphasis from several perspectives. An extensive review of empirical, survey, and position studies supports the utility of projective techniques, with the exception of the clinical academic setting. The loss in status is attributed to changing roles of clinical psychologists.…