Objective and projective personality assessment: The TEMAS and the behavior assessment system for children, self-report of personality

The TEMAS and Self-report of Personality of the Behavior Assessment System for Children were administered to 71 youngsters aged 8 to 13 years. Prelimi nary data suggest that, although the two measures assess several similarly named constructs, the data are complementary. This appears to reflect the f act that the TEMAS Personality Functions measure children's skills in copin g with emotionally laden situations, whereas the Behavior Assessment System for Children measures the emotion or skill in question independent of situ ational context.