Multicultural Standardization and Validation of Temas, a Thematic Apperception Test

Mental health clinical services research has emphasized the urgency of developing new psychometric instruments for non-biased psychological assessment of minority and non-minority children of diverse cultural groups in the United States. Background multicultural standardization and validation information is presented for Tell-Me-A-Story (TEMAS)--... new thematic apperception test to as-lss personality functioning in Hispanic, Black, and White children. The test consists of 23 chromatic pictures depicting Hispanic and Black characters (Minority Version) and White characters (Non-Minority Version) interacting in urban settings. TEXAS protocols are scored for the adaptiveness of personality functioning based on each examinee's stories told in response to the pictures. The instrument's reliability was established in a stuay of 73 Puerto Rican students in kindergarten through grade 6 in New York City. The utility of TEMAS in predicting psychotherapeutic treatment outcomes was investigated with 210 school children in kindergarten through grade 3 in New York City. :(esults from a study with 296 psychiatric outpatients and public school students support the validity of TEMAS for discriminating between clinical and school groups of minority children. The TEMAS was standardized on a sample of C42 white and minority children (281 males and 361 females), with ages ranging from 5 to 13 years. A 40-item list of references is included. (Author/SLD) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * MULTICULTURAL STANDARDIZATION AND VALIDATION OF TEMAS, A THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST U $ DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION 0 OPoce o. Educabonat auru+ And Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERICI N triiiThis document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization 6; / USE fir asris.-7--0 originahng it CZ0 Minor chan.es have been made to improve reproduction Quality CO Points of vow Or Opor000f stated in 1515 docu mint do not neCOSSInly rOproSOot orroClal TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OM posotion or policy Giuseppe Costantino INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)" ClIZ Sunset Park Mental Health Center of the Lutheran CA Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York and Hispanic CZA Research Center, Fordham University