Exploring the child's personality
Subtitle: developmental, clinical, and cross-cultural applications of the Fairy Tale Test
By: edited by Carina Coulacoglou.
Contributors: Coulacoglou, Carina, 1956-
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Springfield, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780398078041; 9780398078058
Subjects: Fairy Tale Test; Fairy Tale Test -- Cross-cultural studies; Personality Tests; Child; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Fantasy; Mythology -- psychology; Personality Assessment
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "The objective of this book is to provide readers with a comprehensive account of the child's personality. The book examines in detail significant personality dimensions from developmental, clinical and cross-cultural perspectives. The intricacies of personality are exposed by means of the Fairy Tale Test, an instrument that attempts to track the preconscious and unconscious processes that "conspire" beneath the behavioral and overt manifestations of personality. Children's responses to the FTT questions are assessed both from a quantitative and a qualitative perspective. Twenty-nine personality variables are used to rate the broad range of personality characteristics. No other personality test assesses such a large number of personality parameters. The qualitative evaluation of responses includes the analysis of 14 defense mechanisms, the study of the nature of anxiety, family dynamics, and the examination of ego integration and ego strength. The unique quality of this book is the use of the FTT in the exploration of the child's personality, using large samples of children derived from diverse cultures. Additional advantages of this book are the chapters which focus on the research into two significant personality traits: aggression and ambivalence and the chapter on the analysis of idiosyncratic responses; the latter offers valuable information in the classification of original responses into levels of psychopathology. While the FTT has taken significant steps towards becoming a valid and reliable instrument, studies of its psychometric properties are an ongoing process. The book also includes examples, case studies and appendices for further study and review."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A review of projective tests for children: recent developments; title: Fairy tales as building blocks: the development of the fairy tale test; title: A study on aggression in children through the fairy tale test; title: A study on the idiosyncratic responses of children; title: The development and cross-cultural significance of defense mechanisms; title: The fairy tale test in the personality assessment of children with learning disabilities; title: The fairy tale test in the personality assessment of children with mild mental retardation; title: Children with psychotic symptoms: two case studies; title: The application of the fairy tale test in Russia; title: The application of the fairy tale test in China; title: The application of the fairy tale test in Greece; title: The application of the fairy tale test in India; title: The application of the fairy tale test in Turkey; title: The contribution of the fairy tale test in the psychoanalytic interpretation of fairy tales.