Projective fantasy on the CAT and CAT-H.

Abstract

Summary The CAT and CAT-H were compared for amounts of evoked projective fantasy in children. The two tests were given to children of high, moderate and low anxiety. The protocols were scored for five indices of productivity. They were (1) number of words, (2) number of emotional words, (3) number of expressed negative emotions, (4) Adaptive Mechanisms and (5) Transcendence Index. The results indicated that there is little to choose between the two tests in terms of stimulating fantasy production. Neither was there a test form x anxiety level interaction found.