Historical Significance :
The TAT was originally described by Morgan Murray in 1935. Since then
psychologists & psychiatrists had made an attempt to elicit meaningful
responses of subjects to pictures .
These include workers like ‘Libby, who used such a procedure with
children in 1908, and finally Schwartz who developed his social
situation Test in (1932). as stated by Bellak (1954) None of these
forerunners however has attained the popularity of TAT , which at
present ranks second only to the Rorschach Test . (bellak, Leopold ,
1954).
Belleak (195) has narrated the basic conception of a projective method
for diagnosing group properties was developed at the research centre for
group dynamics by Horwitz and Cartwright . The technique involves a
projective picture test with slightly a modified TAT instruction, was
first employed at the National Training Laboratory for Group Development
At Bethel Maine , in 1947.
TAT explores the subtle dynamics factors of the personality which would
be the subject of investigation only under specific circumstances. TAT
is a content test , it measures the dynamics in interpersonal
relationship. It examines the ‘ hierarchy of need’ and ‘structure of the
compromises between id , ego and superego’. TAT is considered as
diagnostic and prognostic tool.
In this present study the TAT was administered on 30 substance users
namely in four categories: Brown sugar , Buprenorphine , Ganja and
alcoholism . All of them were male . Their age range belong to 25-40 .
75% of them were married. Most of them were from lower to middle class
socioeconomic status .