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Hispanics are a very diverse group with different cultural backgrounds and identification with their country of origin. Taking into consideration that Hispanics are the second largest group of habitants in the USA, and that only about 1 % of psychologists are of Hispanic origin, it is highly probable that at any given time any clinician may have to perform a psychological evaluation on a person from a Hispanic background. It is for that reason that it is imperative to know and understand what strategy must be followed when faced with such a challenge. Using projective tests provides the clinician with the advantage of not having to deal with the translation of a test from English to Spanish, since that procedure usually produce items that may have different meaning on the target population than the one originally intended. A discussion of the advantages of various projective techniques is presented.
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Pedrosa-Roche, O.L., Nazario, J.A., Suárez-Kindy, J.L. (2013). Using Projective Tests with Hispanic Clients. In: Benuto, L. (eds) Guide to Psychological Assessment with Hispanics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4412-1_4
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