My perceptions of the Thematic Apperception Test in psychodiagnosis and psychotherapy.

Bellak, Leopold

doi:10.1037/10334-010

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“…Phase II included (a) Griffiths’ Developmental Scale (Alin-Åkerman and Nordberg 1980); (b) Children’s Apperception Test (Bellak and Bellak 1976); (c) continuous performance test; (d) assessment of neuromotoric development; (e) clinical judgment of child’s behavioral and personal characteristics at followup assessment; (f) Modified Rochester Adaptive Behavior Inventory (RABI) (Jones 1977), interview with mother; (g) child temperament questionnaire (Thomas and Chess 1977), completed by parents; (h) child attachment questionnaire, completed by parents; (i) clinical assessment of child’s mental status, based on all available information, expressed per Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) (Shaffer et al 1983) and DSM–III (American Psychiatric Association 1980).…”

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confidence: 99%

Swedish High-Risk Study: Sample Characteristics at Age 6

McNeil

Kaij

1987

Schizophrenia Bulletin

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High-risk offspring of women with a history of nonorganic psychosis and control offspring of women with no history of psychosis were studied from the mother's pregnancy through 2 years of age and followed up at 6 years of age. The mothers tended to be older and have somewhat higher parity than did Swedish mothers in general. Sample attrition during the 6-year longitudinal period was significantly higher in the high-risk than the control sample, and selective in both groups. A limited set of early-life variables, investigated prospectively, was selected for studying the antecedents of mental disturbance in the offspring at 6 years. In the high-risk group, disturbance in the offspring was related to maternal anxiety during pregnancy, negative maternal attitude toward pregnancy, and maternal psychotic condition during the period from 6 months to 2 years post-partum, and tended to be related to low social class, male child, active maternal-mental disturbance during pregnancy, prolonged labor and low Apgar score at delivery, neonatal neurological abnormality, and anxious attachment to the mother at 1 year of age. None of these relationships (except low social class) appeared in the control group, and no significant antecedents of mental disturbance in control offspring were found among the limited set of variables studied in these analyses.

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Swedish High-Risk Study: Sample Characteristics at Age 6

McNeil

Kaij

1987

Schizophrenia Bulletin

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“…The assessment process was carried out in 4–5 meetings in which, in addition to clinical interviews, the genogram, and the observation of the play, specific tests were administered, such as graphic and projective tests [ 22 , 23 ], the CBCL—Child Behavior Check List [ 24 ], and the CDI—Children’s Depression Inventory [ 25 ] for the evaluation of the emotional dimension. The MCAST—Manchester Child Attachment Story Task [ 13 ] was used for the assessment of attachment.…”

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Post-Traumatic Play in Child Victims of Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Pilot Study with the MCAST—Manchester Child Attachment Story Task and the Coding of PTCP Markers

2022

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Background: Play is among the most frequently observed distorted behaviors in victims of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Terr’s (1981) studies helped to describe this behavioral distortion as post-traumatic child’s play (PTCP). This study aimed to evaluate whether child victims of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) engaging in semi-structured play present the markers of post-traumatic child’s play (PTCP) during the administration of the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST), whose playful stories activate the attachment system. Methods: The sample comprised 17 child victims of ACEs (mean age = 6.76). Children were evaluated using the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task. Results: The analysis of the play clearly revealed the presence of markers associated with the characteristics of the post-traumatic play described by Terr (1981), namely, repetition, revisiting, hyperarousal, and danger. In particular, the intrusiveness dimension was observed, which can be identified in the post-traumatic play by the presence of recurrent memories, dreams, and dissociative symptoms. Conclusions: Post-traumatic play is characterized by repetition, containing aspects, scenes, or sequences of the traumatic event, expressed explicitly or symbolically.

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“…Murray developed an elaborate system for coding TAT stories, but neither his system nor any of numerous other global scoring schemes proposed over the years became widely accepted by either researchers or practitioners (see Jenkins, 2008). Instead, TAT interpretation has most often followed guidelines for an "inspection technique" recommended by Leopold Bellak (Bellak, 1947;Bellak & Abrams, 1997). The inspection technique begins with examining an individual's stories for repetitive themes and recurring elements that appear to fall together in meaningful ways.…”

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Assessment of personality and psychopathology with performance-based measures.

Weiner¹

2013

APA Handbook of Testing and Assessment in Psychology, Vol. 2: Testing and Assessment in Clinical and Counseling Psychology.

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My perceptions of the Thematic Apperception Test in psychodiagnosis and psychotherapy.

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Swedish High-Risk Study: Sample Characteristics at Age 6

Swedish High-Risk Study: Sample Characteristics at Age 6

Post-Traumatic Play in Child Victims of Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Pilot Study with the MCAST—Manchester Child Attachment Story Task and the Coding of PTCP Markers

Assessment of personality and psychopathology with performance-based measures.

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