Perception of Reality and Norm: A Study of the Popular Responses to Rorschach’s Psychodiagnostis in Brazil

Abstract

The objective of this present study was to delimit a list of popular responses in Rorschach’s Psychodiagnosis protocols of adult subjects in the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil). The popular response is a common, frequent response, given within a certain population group, determining the adaptation of the subjects to their social and cultural environment. The variety of criteria utilized to classify the Rorschach responses presents a problem for professionals in the area of psychological evaluations. A total of 100 volunteer subjects of both genders, without critical psychiatric or psychological history, of different ages (between 18 and 36) took part. The Rorschach Psychodiagnostic was given and studied in compliance with the French School system. The global profile of the subjects’ performance in relation to productivity has shown quantitative characteristics (R = 20.48 SD = 8.24 and mean = 18), which are within the mean profiles typically used as current reference in the Brazilian samples studied. From a total of 2.048 responses, 18 have been identified as popular (P) from which 8 were classified as specific popular responses (Ps) and 10 as popular regrouped responses (Pr). These results reinforce the need to carry out further studies on the criteria in establishing lists of popular responses in the Rorschach Psychodiagnostic.

Diversidad cultural en las respuestas populares al Rorschach en una muestra de niños asháninkas y niños del Cusco rural

“…Ello, porque de manera individualizada estas respuestas obtienen porcentajes que difieren entre sí y que no alcanzan el porcentaje para ser consideradas como una popular (por ejemplo, en la lámina IV, la figura parahumana tiene en la W una frecuencia de 24,1 %, mientras que en el D7 su presencia es de 9,3 %); y porque tampoco cumplirían con el criterio estadístico de diferenciarse de otras respuestas con una frecuencia alta (Exner, 1994). En este aspecto, Jacquemin (como se citó en Lelé, 2007) afirma que cada respuesta popular tiene un peso con relación a su frecuencia y a su grado de especificidad.…”

Método de Rorscharch em adultos: evidências psicométricas da Escola Francesa

“…Os trabalhos identificados serão brevemente descritos a seguir. Lelé (2006Lelé ( , 2008b Tabela 5 -Participantes de Pasian (1998) (Santos, Araújo & Oliveira, 2009).…”

“…Além disso, estudos brasileiros que utilizam a Escola de Paris do Método de Rorschach também demonstraram índices de produção semelhantes aos do presente estudo. Assim, na pesquisa desenvolvida porLelé (2006)…”