SSCT

About the Author

- Dr. Joseph M. Sacks and other psychologists of the New York Veterans
Administrative Mental Hygiene Service
- four representative areas of adjustment: family, sex, interpersonal
relationships and self- concept
Target Test Takers
● Adults
● The uses of Sack’s sentence completion test include personality
analysis, clinical application, attitude assessment, achievement
motivation and measurement of other constructs.
Description of the Test
● It is a 60 item- test, in the following group of variables
1. Scale Family: The family area included three sets of attitudes
a. Those towards mother
b. Father
c. Family unit
● The Sex Area
● Interpersonal
● Self- Concept
Administration
● It can be administered individually or to groups
● Can take from 20- 40 minutes
Reliability & Validity
● Sentence completion tests can be interpreted in two different ways
○ Subjective- intuitive analysis of the underlying motivations
projected in the subject’s responses
○ Object analysis by means of scores assigned to each completed
sentence
Scoring
● A rating is made of the subject’s degree of disturbance in this area,
according to the following scale:
2- Severely disturbed. Appears to require therapeutic aid in
handling emotional conflicts in this are
1- Mildly disturbed. Has emotional conflicts in this area, but
appears that he’s able to handle them without therapeutic acid
0- No significant disturbance noted in this area
X- Unknown. Insufficient evidence.
Interpretation
I. Attitude towards own abilities (2, 17, 32, 47)
2 - feels completely incompetent and hopeless
1 - feels he has specific ability and persistence
0 - confident of his ability to overcome obstacles
I. Goals (3, 18, 33, 48)
2 - direct expression of hostility, aggression of society, extravagant and realistic
1 - desires material things for family as well as for self
0 - sees importance in happiness
Interpretation
I. Attitude toward people supervised (4, 19, 34, 49)
2 - feels he would not be able to control his hostility in supervising others
1 - feels capable of doing good supervisory but has misgivings about assuming
an authoritarian person
0 - feels comfortable and well accepted by subordinate
I. Attitude towards future (5, 20, 35, 50)
2 - pessimistic, no hope in his own resources for happiness and success
1 - unsure of himself but generally optimistic
0 - seems confident in achieving his materialistic goals
Interpretation