Hand Test Indicators of Antisocial Behavior
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment
- Vol. 31 (5), 36-39
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0091651x.1967.10120414
Abstract
The Hand Test Acting Out Score (AOS) and to a limited degree other scores were studied in relationship to offense type of 614 military prisoners, their subsequent disciplinary problems in adjusting to confinement, and an Army measure of mental ability. Significant differences were observed between the mean AOSs of Ss who had committed offenses against people and against property and between Ss who subsequently were model prisoners and disciplinary offenders. The mental ability measure was minimally related to Hand Test response categories. Considerable overlap was observed in AOS distributions of the varying antisocial groups and the AOS was felt to be of questionable value in predicting individual antisocial behavior in confinement.Keywords
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