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Predicting Sexual Abuse by Analyzing Manifest Content of Thematic Material

The TAT protocols of 30 sexually abused female children and 30 female children with no documented history of abuse were analyzed using the Scoring Scheme for the TAT and Other Verbal Projective Techniques (Fine, 1955). No significant differences were found between groups on mean number of negative feelings portraited in the TAT stories. Similarly, no significant differences were found between groups on mean number of unfavorable outcomes to TAT stories. However, when specific feelings were considered, subjects in the sexual abuse group showed a significantly higher incidence of reference to guilt and sexuality. These results were independent of age, race, and intelligence.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500540
Date05 1900
CreatorsPistole, Debbie R. (Deborah Rene)
ContributorsOrnduff, Sidney R., Burke, Angela J., Kelly, Kimberly
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 52 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Pistole, Debbie R. (Deborah Rene)

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