ABSTRACT
The Picture Projection Test (PPT) was developed as an alternative to the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) to provide more contemporary picture stimuli with more characters depicted and more positive emotional content. Early studies indicated that the new method yielded a wider range of scores and better discrimination in depressed–nondepressed and psychotic–nonpsychotic comparisons. A coding system, practical for clinicians, was used for the early studies and was further tested by a dissertation comparing the TAT and the Rorschach Comprehensive System (RCS) and a recent study comparing the PPT with the RCS in which the PPT yielded higher correlations than the TAT study. This chapter includes a description of a recent revision of the PPT with nine painted pictures and a more extensive scoring system.
