Kohli Adarsh, Jhanda Soumya, Padhy Susanta K
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2018 Jul-Dec;27(2):231-234. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_63_18.
Sentence completion test (SCT) is a projective test used widely by clinicians and psychologists to explore the needs, inner conflicts, fantasies, attitudes, aspirations, adjustment difficulties, and sexual abuse in the children and adolescents.
The aim of the study is to modify the existing SCT (Form S) for children and adolescents and to corroborate with clinical history.
A pilot testing was done on 35 children and adolescents who were referred to the Department of Clinical Psychology section for evaluation of conflicts after a detailed evaluation by psychiatrist(s). The clients were administered both the unmodified and the modified SCT. The information obtained was compared between (i) unmodified and the modified SCT and (ii) between clinical history and modified SCT. The psychologist was blind to the assessment of the patient done at the time of workup by a psychiatrist. The two information were analyzed. Descriptive analysis was carried out.
The modified version of SCT gave more comprehensive information on all areas of the patient's life compared to older version. The information obtained corroborated with the clinical history explored by the psychiatrist. This test can be administered with ease and can yield detailed information in a wide range of stress-related and neurotic disorders, which can be utilized for clinical case management.
The modified SCT may better complement clinical history in eliciting comprehensive information on psychosocial issues and better formulation of management plan.
句子完成测试（SCT）是一种投射性测试，被临床医生和心理学家广泛用于探究儿童和青少年的需求、内心冲突、幻想、态度、抱负、适应困难以及性虐待情况。
本研究的目的是对现有的儿童和青少年SCT（表格S）进行修改，并与临床病史进行对照验证。
对35名被转介到临床心理科接受评估冲突情况的儿童和青少年进行了预测试，这些儿童和青少年此前已由精神科医生进行了详细评估。对这些来访者同时施测未修改版和修改版的SCT。将获取的信息在以下两方面进行比较：（i）未修改版和修改版的SCT之间；（ii）临床病史与修改版SCT之间。心理学家对精神科医生在检查时对患者所做的评估不知情。对这两方面信息进行了分析，并进行了描述性分析。
与旧版本相比，修改后的SCT在患者生活的各个方面提供了更全面的信息。所获得的信息与精神科医生探究的临床病史相符。该测试易于实施，能在广泛的与压力相关和神经症性障碍中产生详细信息，可用于临床病例管理。
修改后的SCT在获取有关心理社会问题的全面信息以及更好地制定管理计划方面，可能会更好地补充临床病史。
