Projective tools
Original Publication Date:
August 27, 2014
Last Updated:
February 13, 2023
Estimated Read Time:
< 1 minute
Recommended for use with refugee/immigrant children, but only if there is a common language, never with an interpreter. Practitioners should be well versed in cross-cultural issues in testing.
- Children’s Apperception Test (CAT) – can be purchased at PAR
- Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) – can be purchased via Amazon.com
- Rorschach – available for purchase through many retailers in various formats
Additional Resources
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resourceAssociations between trauma exposure and symptoms of depression and anxiety among first, second, and later-generation immigrant college students
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resourceThe role of maternal postmigration living difficulties in intergenerational trauma transmission among asylum-seeker mother–child dyads
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resourceA Scoping Review of Family-Based Interventions for Immigrant/Refugee Children: Exploring Intergenerational Trauma
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resourceUnpacking the Wounds of Cultural Displacement: Trauma, Healing, and Reconciliation in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake