Resource Tag: PROJECTIVE TESTS

Depressive affect, anxiety, & psychological defenses were studied in the presented research with PORT, a projective test that exploits subliminal perception of object-relation images. Protocols of 20 hospitalized suicide attempters were compared to those of matched controls, previously studied non-suicidal depressed patients, patients with panic attack, & patients with borderline & psychotic disorders. Suicide attempters […]

69 inpatients who had attempted suicide were studied by means of the Meta-Contrast Technique, a projective test measuring personality factors, especially defensive strategies. Patients were divided into 3 subgroups, 1 of which was defined as stereotypy only. At follow-up, 7 of 8 completed suicides belonged to this subgroup. Findings indicate that, regardless of psychiatric diagnosis, […]

The use of the Draw a Person Test in assessing suicide potential is discussed. (NBB)

The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in the drawings of depressed & non-depressed patients in a VA Hospital in Arizona who were high & low scorers on the BDI. A discrimant function analysis of variables did not discriminate between the drawings of either group above a chance level; however, there was […]

The performance on a modified Stroop task by patients who had recently attempted suicide by overdose was compared with that of hospital control patients & non-hospital members of a subject panel. All groups took longer to name colours of emotional words than neutral words. The extent of the disruption was greatest for the overdose subjects […]

The clinical assessment of the high risk suicidal person continues to be a major challenge for diagnosticians. Based on the parameter of time as a major differentiating variable, a semiprojective psychological technique–the Time Questionnaire(TQ)–has been developed. The present study reports findings elaborating & extending a pilot study using the TQ. The TQ consistently & significantly […]

This study assesses the feasibility of traditional tests-the Rorschach, MMPI & SCT- in discriminating suicidal patients. From those who were depressed. A sample of 40 attempters ( 20 males, 20 females) were matched with a like number of male & female depressives, according to sex & age. The groups were compared on the basis of […]

Deviant thought processes & resultant communication difficulties that appear to characterize suicidal adolescents were studied. 26 adolescent suicide attempters treated at a psychiatric clinic in Lisbon were assessed by clinical interview & projective tests, including the Rorschach & TAT in terms of ego developement & patterns of communication. Results indicated idiosyncratic use of words & […]

The authors state that if childhood responses to bereavement become pathological in adulthood, it is essential that these early responses are studied & strategies developed for prevention. In an attempt to determine where reactions become problematic, 18 children (aged 4-17) were interviewed. 3 typical case histories are examined and common findings are discussed. The authors […]

This paper describes an experiment with school children to test the hypothesis that suicidal fantasies, in many & various forms, may be envisioned & represented repeatedly by children considered normal & well adjusted. Fifth grade children were asked to draw pictures illustrating the past & present of a boy figure, as well as pictoral representation […]

An individual’s perception of time is highly personalized & subjective. Assuming that time orientation may be related to views about living & dying, its measures may differentiate etween suicidal & nonsuicidal people. Six measures of time perception were administered to 2 groups. One contained 15 psychiatric Ss who had attempted suicide; the other had 14 […]

The authors examined the phenomenon of child suicide from the perspective of children’s attitudes toward life & death. Projective tests were carried out with heterogeneous samples of 52 suicidal & 58 normal children(aged 6-12). Parallel tests were conducted in 4 weeks. Multivariate analysis indicated suicidals, in contrast to normal children showed high repulsion to life […]

Describes the acute responses of 30 children to a parent’s first known suicide attempt. Findings include the parents’ attempts to spare the child, the children’s desire to deny the suicide, indications of psychological trauma to the child, incorporation of the suicidal event into fantasy & imitation of the parent’s suicide by 9 children. Discussion centers […]

This study examines the role of human relationships as a psychological factor in the development of cancer. Variations in approaches to human relationships were tested by Rorschach test in a cohort of healthy medical students. Profiles of future cancer victims resembled those who became mentally ill or committed suicide & differed from those who remained […]

Developed a color-shading technique to study the previously demonstrated relationship between Rorschach Test color-shading responses & suicide attempts. Of 17 matched pairs of hospitalized psychiatric patients (age range 19-47 yrs), those who had attempted suicide gave significantly more shading responses to chromatic cards than those who had no history of suicide attempts. Results suggest that […]

Reviews the development & current state of rating scales & other tests useful for predicting & preventing suicidal behaviour. Rating scales provide conceptual models & techniques for the study of suicide, however, there is no evidence that any single MMPI scale would identify persons as a suicide risk, but longitudinal studies of persons who display […]

Study to investigate the issue of self-concept among suicide attempters as related to the mode of suicide selected for the attempt, specifically, active mode and passive mode attempts. Subjects were administered the Tennessee Self Concept Scale, the Hand Test and the Draw-a-Person Test. (KB)

Twenty male depressives who had made a previous suicide attempt and twenty male non-suicidal depressives, all in-patients, were compared with regard to the types of responses which they gave to projective cards having hostile, depressive and ambiguous stimulus values. In addtion five subscales of the MMPI, one subscale from the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and […]

Study to explore the psychodynamics of people who have attempted suicide focusing on the relationship between personality types among suicide attempters and the aggressive responses of these people when experiencing frustration. Additional focus is placed on a similar comparison between suicide attempters and non-attempters. (KB)