Relationships between Rorschach scoring categories and the total number of responses.

Fiske, Donald W.; Baughman, E. Earl

doi:10.1037/h0059193

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“…This, in turn, raises the longstanding problem of the number of responses as a confound in statistical analyses of Rorschach scores (see Cronbach, 1949;Fiske & Baughman, 1953;Kornetsky & Gerard, 1954). The problem is that, as the number of responses increases, other scoring categories are also likely to increase solely because of the measuring instrument itself rather than as a reflection of significant psychological changes.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Validity of the Rorschach for Assessing Cognitive and Affective Changes

Wenar

Curtis²

1991

Journal of Personality Assessment

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Exner's (1985) Rorschach norms of children 5 to 16 years old were used to test predictions based on developmental theory, previous cognitive studies, and Achenbach and Edelbrock's (1981) norms on behavior problems in children. In the cognitive realm, the Rorschach scores reflected the predicted increase in complexity, integration, and precision of thinking; richness of ideas; conformity to socially acceptable ways of thinking; and the concomitant decrease in unrealistic, egocentric ideas. In the affective realm, the Rorschach scores reflected the predicted decrease in uncontrolled expression of affect, increase in controlled expression of affect, and increase in inwardness. However, the Rorschach scores failed to reflect the predicted decrease in anxiety and increase in depression. Finally, there was no evidence of increased accuracy of perception.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Validity of the Rorschach for Assessing Cognitive and Affective Changes

Wenar

Curtis²

1991

Journal of Personality Assessment

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“…Such an approach was employed herein. Earlier attempts to deal with this problem by dividing each variable by R are both ineffective and inappropriate, as numerous writers have pointed out (Cronbach, 1949;Fiske & Baughman, 1953;Kalter & Marsden, 1970). Likewise, a more sophisticated remedy based on the formation of contrasts or ratios of scores rests on questionable assumptions and should probably be avoided (Haggard, 1978).…”

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“…Third, the degree to which the different variables are affected by R is highly correlated across forms (for the percentages shown, Pearson's r = .91 p < .001). Clearly, the influence of R on many Rorschach variables is so pervasive as to render highly questionable their usual interpretation in terms of absolute frequencies (Fiske & Baughman, 1953).…”

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Orthogonal Dimensions of Individual and Group Forms of the Rorschach

Shaffer¹,

Duszynski²,

Thomas³

1981

Journal of Personality Assessment

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Most dimensional analyses of traditional Rorschach scoring categories have either failed to control for differences in total R or have done so by introducing a nonstandard mode of administration. Consequently, the results of such studies may be either distorted or of questionable relevance to more typical situations. The present analyses, which compared both group and individual forms of the Rorschach administered to large samples (over 500 each) of male medical students, controlled for differences in total R by using residualized scores from which the linear effects of R had been partialled. The factor-analytic results are expressed in terms of seven easily interpretable factors (including total R), five of which are similar across forms, and simple formulas for deriving norm-referenced factor scores from the data of individual test administrations are provided.

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“…Number of surveys has been conducted in the USA, India and other countries to find out the psychological test to be highly accepted and widely used by the clinicians 2 among the entire test the RT has always been found to have first place in USA, India and other countries. 3 The interpretation of Rorschach protocol in most of the symptoms is based on the number of responses given by the subjects. The test has psychometric qualities and is useful for personality assessment.…”

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confidence: 99%