Convergence between Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and self-report: Another look at some old questions.

abstract

• OBJECTIVE: This study extends upon the investigation of the influence of response format on the convergence between performance-based and self-report assessments of similar mental health constructs, to further examine the role of method variance in poor heteromethod convergence. METHODS: An online sample of 455 participants (57% male; mean age=35.5 years) completed a multiple-choice adaptation of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)-the Iowa Picture Interpretation Test (IPIT)-and two self-report instruments: the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) representation of the domain traits of the five-factor model. RESULTS: Several significant and meaningful interrelationships emerged between the IPIT and the PAI and IPIP five-factor scales. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that TAT methodology can correlate meaningfully with similar constructs assessed using self-report when comparable response formats are utilized, offering further support for the role of method variance in precluding heteromethod relationships.

authors

• Morey, Leslie

published proceedings

• J Clin Psychol

altmetric score

• 5.08

author list (cited authors)

• McCredie, M. N., & Morey, L. C.

citation count

• 5

publication date

• January 2019

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Female
• Five-factor Model
• Humans
• Male
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Assessment Inventory
• Personality Inventory
• Projective Methods
• Psychometrics
• Self Report
• Thematic Apperception Test

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/jclp.22826

start page

• 1838

end page

• 1849

volume

• 75

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22826

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being