Holtzman Inkblot Technique scores of delinquent adolescents: a replication and extension. 1983

J M Mullen, and R C Reinehr, and J D Swartz

The Holtzman Inkblot Technique (HIT) was administered to 83 male juvenile delinquents, ranging in age from 13 to 16 years (mean age: 15.2 years), who were being detained at the Texas Youth Council Reception Center. Scores from 22 HIT variables scored were factor-analyzed and then compared with Megargee's pioneering normative HIT study of juvenile delinquents published in 1965. Results of the two investigations were strikingly similar, reinforcing Megargee's finding that norms for nondelinquent adolescents are not appropriate for use with a confined delinquent group. Important differences were discovered, however, and these are discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007282 Ink Blot Tests Projective tests utilizing ink blots to which a subject responds. They are used in personality diagnosis. Blot Test, Ink,Blot Tests, Ink,Ink Blot Test,Test, Ink Blot,Tests, Ink Blot
D007604 Juvenile Delinquency The antisocial acts of children or persons under age which are illegal or lawfully interpreted as constituting delinquency. Delinquency, Juvenile
D008297 Male Males
D011330 Prisons Penal institutions, or places of long-term confinement for prisoners. Penitentiaries,Penitentiary,Prison
D011594 Psychometrics Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures. Psychometric
D006698 Holtzman Inkblot Test Personality evaluation based on the scoring of several variables as a result of the subject's responses in perceiving 47 inkblot plates. Inkblot Test, Holtzman,Test, Holtzman Inkblot
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths

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