Description
I. Origins of the Thematic Apperception Test 1. Introduction 2. The TAT II. Interpretation of the TAT 3. Narrative and Storytelling 4. Context and Storytelling 5. The TAT and the Life Story Narrative 6. Gender Identity: An Interpretive Perspective 7. Defense Mechanisms: Another Interpretive Perspective III. Studies of Clinical Patients 8. The Storyteller's Narrative 9. The Anaclitic/Introjective Perspective: Two Personality Organizations 10. The Interpreter's Perspective: TAT and Psychopathology IV. Changing Narratives: Studies of Normal Development 11. Developmental Differences in TAT Stories: Children and Adolescents 12. Developmental Differences in Adult TAT Stories V. Research Issues with the TAT 13. General Issues in TAT Research 14. Questions of Reliability and Validity 15. The TAT in Personality Research Today 16. The TAT in Clinical Research Studies: Further Examples 17. Conclusion