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A Thematic Coding System for the Intimacy Motive.
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McAdams, Dan P. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
The goal state of the intimacy motive was defined as experiencing a warm, close, and communicative exchange with another person. Subjects scoring high on the intimacy motive were rated by friends as more "warm,""natural,""sincere," and "loving," and less "dominant,""outspoken," and…
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Interpersonal Relationship, Motivation, Personality Measures
Development of a Thematic Apperception Test (TEMAS) for Urban Hispanic Children.
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Malgady, Robert G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Administered the TEMAS (Tell Me a Story) test to 73 public school and 210 clinical Puerto Rican children. Story content was scored for nine personality functions and descriptive indexes. Results indicated internal consistency and interrater reliability. TEMAS indexes significantly discriminated between school and clinical samples. (BH)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Hispanic Americans, Personality Assessment
Cross-Cultural Validation of TEMAS, a Minority Projective Test.
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Costantino, Giuseppe; And Others – 1985
The theoretical framework and cross-cultural validation of Tell-Me-A-Story (TEMAS), a projective test developed to measure personality development in ethnic minority children, is presented. The TEMAS test consists of 23 chromatic pictures which incorporate the following characteristics: (1) representation of antithetical concepts which the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education, Hispanic Americans