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This chapter discusses the use of projective techniques in the clinical assessment of children and adolescents. Key issues in the debate over whether or how projective techniques should be used in clinical assessments are discussed. Issues in the use of projective techniques from a clinical versus psychometric framework and from a traditional projection versus a behavioral sample framework are reviewed, with implications for how information from these techniques should be used in clinical assessments. Basic interpretative strategies are provided for the major projective techniques, including inkblot, thematic storytelling, sentence completion, and projective drawing techniques.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    Paul J. Frick

  2. Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

    Christopher T. Barry

  3. College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

    Randy W. Kamphaus

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Frick, P.J., Barry, C.T., Kamphaus, R.W. (2020). Projective Techniques. In: Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35695-8_10

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