抄録
We have attempted to issue the Japanese edition of TAT, consisting of a series of 35 pictures, in the revised form of the Murray edition.
The standard set includes 12 pictures selected out of this series.
For the purpose of objectifying the clinical analysis-method, responses were obtained from 761 normal persons above 18 years of age, sampled at random.
The standard responses, grouped according to sex and age (A, 18-24; Y, 25-34; M, 35-49; O, 50-64; S, above 65), were analysed under seven categories on the basis of a given measure. Table 1 shows the percentage of the scores the story structure, emotional tone, outcome and shift, and their statistical significance was tested in terms of chi squares, as shown in Table 2.
The present study has made clear the following points.
1) The Japanese edition of TAT proved effective in obtaining data for the analysis.
2) The structure of story is not differentiated in ths S Group, paricularly in women.
3) As for the emotional tone, outcome and shift, significant differences were noticed among the age groups, particlarly between the A and S and remaining groups, which shows that the age factor cannot be ignored in establishing the measure for standard responses. The percentage of deviation from the standard responses of normal persons was grouped into three classes: (1) below 10%, (2) below 5%, (3) below 1% or none at all, on the basis of the results of the analysis under seven categories. (The detailed report on theme, hero, and human relationship will be published in Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica, Vol. 61, No. 13, 1959).
The above method was employed in the process of the analysis of the standard responses as a part of the method of clinical analysis (Nagoya University Method), and was utilized to measure the degree of deviation and to make the analysis objective.
