title: Performance of criminals and neurotics on the Kahn test of symbol arrangement.
abstract: The diagnostic power of the Kahn Test of Symbol Arrangement (KTSA) in differentiating between criminals and neurotics was examined. Three groups of males--30 incarcerated criminal recidivists, 30 neurotics, and 30 trainees in a work-placement bureau--were given the KTSA and an intelligence test. The groups were equated for age and socioeconomic status. Qualitative differences between the symbol-patterns of the criminals and the neurotics were noted. The KTSA scores of the two groups differed from those of the control group but not from each other.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003417:Criminal Psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011581:Psychological Tests