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The Hand Test: fifteen years later.

¹Cuyahoga Valley Community Mental Health Center.

Journal of Personality Assessment

|April 1, 1978

Summary

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The Hand Test, a projective assessment tool, is a popular and valuable instrument for psychologists. Its reliability and validity have been confirmed across diverse populations, showing its merit in predicting behavior.

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Area of Science:

Psychological Assessment
Behavioral Science

Background:

The Hand Test is a projective assessment instrument.
It has gained popularity among clinical and school psychologists over the past 15 years.

Purpose of the Study:

To review and discuss the developmental work and research conducted on the Hand Test.
To evaluate the merit and applicability of the Hand Test in various clinical settings.

Main Methods:

Review of existing reliability and validity studies on the Hand Test.
Analysis of developmental work and research findings across diverse client groups and settings.

Main Results:

The Hand Test has demonstrated merit in numerous clinical applications for children, adolescents, and adults.

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Research supports the Hand Test as a valuable, quantitative, and multidimensional instrument for behavior prediction.

Conclusions:

The Hand Test possesses significant potential for diverse assessment situations.
It is widely utilized by practitioners and shows promise as a reliable tool for behavioral assessment.