Every day people face aggression, manifesting itself in various guises. The test of Wagner's hand is aimed at diagnosing the level of aggression in both children and adults.
The hand test was created by E. Wagner in the 1960s. Piotrovsky and Bricklin developed a counting system.
It is worth noting that the hand is important after the eye the most important organ, through which a person receives information about the environment. Thanks to the hand, a person performs a large number of functions. This body takes part in many human actions. There are facts that confirm that the hand performs certain necessary functions even during the sleep of the person. With its help tactile and kinesthetic communication is carried out.
Wagner's Hand Test Method
It is believed that the perception of the hand shown on the cards is informative for the subject. The characteristics that the image gives to the person help to draw a conclusion about the behavioral tendencies of the individual.
The material used is 10 cards, nine of which represent brushes, and one is clean, the answer sheet and the hours necessary to record the initial reaction time.
The "hand test" assumes that the card is shown consistently and in a specific situation. The experimenter, in turn, must record the reaction time for each card.
The subject is asked questions, for example: "What do you think the hand does?". In case the answer is unambiguous or fuzzy, then the experimenter has the right to ask "What else does she do?". It is forbidden to impose specific answers. Feeling the resistance in his address, the conductor of the experiment is recommended to move on to the next card.
It will be best if the subject gives four variants of the vision of what is depicted on the card. The main thing is to avoid getting a fuzzy wording of the answer.
"Hand test E. Wagner" provides for fixing the answers in the appropriate protocol. It indicates the answers and position of the cards, the time of the beginning of the response to each image.
Test pictures
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"Hand Test" - interpretation
Processing the answers received, they are classified in one of the following categories:
- Aggression. The hand in the picture is estimated in most cases as the dominant object, which commits aggressive actions.
- Direction. The hand controls other people, directs, etc.
- Emotionality. Love, a positive attitude, etc.
- Fear. The hand in this case is a victim of someone's manifestations of aggression.
- Communication. Appeal to someone, the desire to establish contacts.
- Demonstrativeness. The hand participates in demonstrative action.
- Addiction. Expression of subordination to others.
- Active impersonality. An action not related to communication.
- Mobility. A sick, injured hand, etc.
- Passive impersonality. For example, the arm rest.
- Description of the hand. For example, the hand of the artist.
Psychological "Hand Test" recommends in the table of the protocol in the first column indicate the card number, then - the time, then - the answers, in the fourth column, give the interpretation of the answer.
After categorization, it is necessary to count the number of statements of each category.
A subject can score a maximum of 40 points.
The general ball of personal aggressiveness is calculated by the experimenter with the help of the following formula:
Aggressiveness = (Category "Directions" + category "Aggression") - (Fear + Dependency + Communication + category "Dependence").
It is worth noting that this test is used in the field of interpersonal relationships, for diagnosing the personality, which is put forward for leadership positions.
So, "Hand Test" allows you to assess the level of aggressiveness of a person, which helps to give a number of recommendations on monitoring emotional activity.