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The wishes of both adults and children are indicative of the things which they believe they lack. They express the things which the individual desires and the direction in which the individual is struggling. They may be significant in the diagnosis of the maladjustments with which they struggle, or they may be of interest in revealing the attitude the child has towards his problems. (1) Yany studies have been published dealing with the wishes of children, adults, delinquents, age groups, and so on. The diagnostic value of a wish, however, depends upon its sincerity and the degree to which it differs from the norm of wishes from individuals of the same age, sex, grade, economic status, and environment. As Washburne (3) has indicated, and as we have previously found (2), there is little tendency for the subjects to misrepresent wishes when the examiner is careful in his approach and sincere in his purpose. The question of approach is an important one and may affect the validity of the replies. That is, if one type of approach elicits one type of response and another type elicits another response, neither of the responses may be considered indicative of the goal or need of the individual, but rather as artifacts of the question-answer situation. If, on the other hand, two different approaches elicit the same response, the response may be tentatively accepted as indicative of the direction of the desires of the individual.
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