The Validity of the Rorschach for Assessing Cognitive and Affective Changes

Wenar, Charles; Curtis, Kent M.

doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa5702_8

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“…Clinicians should also be mindful that youth age has a noteworthy impact on variables related to thought disorder and distorted perceptions, reducing both sets of variables. The perception findings are particularly important because CS norms have been atypical in not showing developmental trends for FQ-%, WD-%, or FQo% (Exner, 2003; Wenar & Curtis, 1991), even though that is a standard finding in other normative data sets (e.g., Ames et al, 1971, 1974; Meyer et al, 2014b; Stanfill et al, 2013).…”

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The Association of Gender, Ethnicity, Age, and Education With Rorschach Scores

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We examined the association of gender, ethnicity, age, and education with 60 Rorschach scores using three clinical and nonclinical samples of adults and youths (ns = 640, 249, and 241). As anticipated for our datasets, there were no reliable associations for gender, ethnicity, or adult age.However, in adults years of education was associated with variables indicative of complexity, determinant articulation, cognitive synthesis, and coping resources. In the clinical sample of youths, increasing age was primarily associated with more conventional perception and less illogical thought processes. Limitations are discussed in conjunction with further research that could address them, along with implications for applied practice.

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“…Norms for children (Exner, 1993) show a steady decrease in children's mean EGOI scores from ages 5 to 16. Furthermore, Wenar and Curtis (1991) found that the downward trend of children's mean EGOI scores in normative data (Exner, 1985) fits a linear model very closely (R 2 = .93).…”

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Narcissism in the Comprehensive System for the Rorschach.

Nezworski¹,

Wood²

1995

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

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The Egocentricity Index (EGOI) is the oldest clinical index in the Comprehensive System for the Rorschach. According to Exner's 1993 edition of The Rorschach: A Comprehensive System the EGOI, reflections, and pairs are valid Rorschach measures of self-focus and narcissism. The present article reviews research on these indicatorr and concludes that they are probably unrelated to self-focus or self-esteem. Furthennore, their relationship to narcissistic personality disorder and depression has not been established. Reflection but not pair responses appear to be weakly related to psychopathy and male homosexuality. The research summary in The Rorrchach is unbalanced and omits numerous negative findings.

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“…Pure form, animal-content-only responses, perseveration, and rejections represent simplicity, whereas R, synthesis, blends, multiple contents, content range, and organizational activity represent complexity (McGuire, Kinder, Curtis, & Viglione, 1995). Among children and adolescents, various measures of response complexity are related to (a) chronological age (Wenar & Curtis, 1991), (b) age-IQ interactions (Ridley, 1987), and (c) age and Piagetian tasks (N. M. Smith, 1981). Acklin and Fechner Bates (1989), Exner (1991), and N. M. Smith found that it is important to consider location with developmental quality and that this combination is most closely related to the perceptual-organizational Wechsler IQ factor.…”

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A review of recent research addressing the utility of the Rorschach.

Viglione¹

1999

Psychological Assessment

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To address the utility of the Rorschach, the author synthesized a large sample (N = 138) of empirical, quantitative research published in the past 20 years. Longitudinal and behavioral criteria and ecological incremental validity beyond self-report and interview were emphasized because of their relationship with test applications. Methodological issues (temporal consistency, diversity, clinician judgment), applications (treatment outcome, schizophrenia, thought disorder, depression and suicide risk), and selected Rorschach variables are addressed. The evidence reveals that many Rorschach variables are efficient tools for clinical, forensic, and educational applications. The test is particularly useful in (a) individualizing case conceptualizations and interventions and (b) predicting and evaluating outcomes. These conclusions are consistent with using the Rorschach as a behavioral problem-solving test that illuminates the interaction among psychological, biological, and environmental factors.I thank my good friends and colleagues,

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The Validity of the Rorschach for Assessing Cognitive and Affective Changes

Cited by 23 publications

References 13 publications

The Association of Gender, Ethnicity, Age, and Education With Rorschach Scores

The Association of Gender, Ethnicity, Age, and Education With Rorschach Scores

Narcissism in the Comprehensive System for the Rorschach.

A review of recent research addressing the utility of the Rorschach.

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