Edwin E. Wagner


Edwin E. Wagner is the principal proponent and author of "The Hand Test". Wagner has written over 200 publications in psychology including manuals, reviews, monographs, books and journal articles.
Born in 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he received a B.A. in psychology , M.A. in psychology and Ph.D. in psychology all from Temple University. Wagner's academic appointments include instructor at Pennsylvania State University and Temple University, Professor Emeritus at University of Akron, and Dean at Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Huntsville, Alabama.

The Hand Test

The Hand Test is a projective technique that utilizes ten unbound 3.5 x 4.5 inch cards, nine with simple line drawings of single hands and one blank card, to measure how the viewer interprets what each hand is doing. Verbal responses are given or "projected" by the viewer, and the results are recorded, scored and interpreted by the administrator. Wagner presented the Hand Test as a "starting point" or "narrow band" instrument that "does not necessarily measure all major aspects of personality but does assess the individual's behavioral tendencies.".

Publications

Books

The three most highly cited among his over 100 peer-reviewed articles are