TAT Stimulus-Cues and Extension of Personal Time

Abstract

Summary Extension of personal time variables (including retrotension and protension), based on TAT stories in 93 Cuban and American children were examined under four conditions: cue, nationality, sex, and grade in school. While cue had a significant main effect on one extension variable, its interactions with other independent variables were non-significant. Cuban children had significantly shorter retrotension, and especially shorter protension than American children. There were no sex differences in protension, but girls had longer retrotension than boys. Grade, as a reflection of developmental level, did not have the expected main effects on the extension variables. The only significant interaction, nationality X sex X grade, was unanticipated.