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Sociology

Eastern Illinois University

1979

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Themes Elicited By The Senior Apperception Test In Institutionalized Older Adults, Nancy A. Stock Jan 1979

Themes Elicited By The Senior Apperception Test In Institutionalized Older Adults, Nancy A. Stock

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the major themes elicited by the 16 stimulus cards of the Senior Apperception Test (SAT) (Bellak, 1975). The SAT was administered to 40 institutionalized male and female volunteers from seven nursing homes in the central Illinois region. They ranged in age from 61 to 97 years of age. There were 20 females (mean age = 78.6 years, S.D. = 8.3 years) and 20 males (mean age = 78.l years, S.D. = 10.4 years). All subjects were initially given a brief organic screening device to rule out those subjects with severe or moderate …