TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Comparison of TAT and Free Speech Techniques in Personality Assessment
AU - Zeldow, Peter B.
AU - McAdams, Dan P.
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - Schnurr, Rosenberg, and Oxman (1992) recently compared the free speech samples and Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) responses of 95 normal adults. They concluded that the two techniques are not interchangeable, and that the TAT, which proved superior in the prediction of individual differences, may be preferable to free speech instructions for eliciting data in content analytic studies. We disagree with both conclusions. Various forms of narrative speech samples may be highly correlated, so long as psychologically meaningful, well-validated, and higher order content categories are used. The use of first-order content categories is less likely to contribute to the study of personality.
AB - Schnurr, Rosenberg, and Oxman (1992) recently compared the free speech samples and Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) responses of 95 normal adults. They concluded that the two techniques are not interchangeable, and that the TAT, which proved superior in the prediction of individual differences, may be preferable to free speech instructions for eliciting data in content analytic studies. We disagree with both conclusions. Various forms of narrative speech samples may be highly correlated, so long as psychologically meaningful, well-validated, and higher order content categories are used. The use of first-order content categories is less likely to contribute to the study of personality.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327752jpa6001_14
DO - 10.1207/s15327752jpa6001_14
M3 - Article
C2 - 16370838
VL - 60
SP - 181
EP - 185
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
SN - 0022-3891
IS - 1
ER -