Interpreting Psychological Test Results to the Hospitalized ConsumerBecause psychological testing as traditionally used tends to reinforce the message that the patient is "sick," the authors developed an upbeat process that presents testing results to patients in nonjudgmental behavioral terms that provide a comprehensive overview of their problems.
Level of psychological differentiation was investigated in boys ( N = 30) categorized as Passive-Aggressive or Normal, and subdivided into two age groups: 6 to 8 and 10 to 12 yr. old. Differentiation was defined in terms of two instruments developed by Witkin, the Children's Embedded Figures Test, and the Sophistication of Body-concept Scale used with human figure drawings. Significantly lower levels of differentiation were observed for Passive-Aggressive Ss over Normal Ss and for younger Ss over older Ss.
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