[Coding/Content] Hx

Aliases

• Hx
• human experience
• human feeling

Definition

Hx is coded when the response assigns a clearly human feeling, sensation, or experience rather than a human figure as such.
The focus is on human experience that is explicitly attributed.

Conditions

• The person must clearly attribute an emotion, internal state, or sensory human experience.
• That attribution has to be unmistakable, not merely hinted at.
• Hx may appear as a secondary content code when a figure clearly expresses a human experience.
• In poorly formed M responses that directly symbolize human experience, it is also worth reviewing scoring-input/special-score/AB.

Cautions

• Hx is not the same as scoring-input/contents/H or scoring-input/contents/Hd; those codes describe figures, not experiences.
• Vague phrases like "looks angry" or "kind of tired" are not always enough; the attribution has to be genuinely clear.
• Hx may be primary or secondary depending on the response, but it should not be assigned from examiner impression alone.
• When the response symbolically represents human experience, review scoring-input/special-score/AB as well.

Cross References

• [Coding/Content] Contents
• [Coding/Content] H
• [Coding/Special Score] AB
• [Interpretation/Interpersonal] Human Content
• [Interpretation/Self Perception] H ratio

Evidence Note

• Detailed source comparisons remain in the internal provenance note.