title: Relationships between Hand Test variables and maladjustment in school children.
abstract: Twenty-two Hand Test variables significantly differentiated a group of children referred to school psychologists for social and emotional maladjustment from a control group matched on age and sex. Eleven variables emerged from a subsequent stepwise discriminant analysis, resulting in a 80.85% hit rate. Results are interpreted as providing statistical support for the use of the Hand Test as a screening and/or ancillary projective technique in assessing school children.
authors.affiliation: University of Akron.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hilsenroth
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sivec
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011386:Projective Techniques; D011594:Psychometrics; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012917:Social Adjustment