Pilot research of women’s codependent behavior using Rorschach test

Niaid Womens Health Research (fy 2015-2016)

Principles and Practice of the Rorschach Test

In common with other pioneer Rorschach workers in this country, Dr. Mons learnt the hard way, teaching himself by reading, experience, and comparison of notes with colleagues. With his own past tribulations in mind he sets out to smooth the path of beginners in this complex method of personality assessment, and does so with much skill. Unlike intelligence tests in which answers are scorable as ...

Using the Rorschach properly in practice and research.

Proper use of the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM) in practice and research requires (a) well-founded expectations concerning what the RIM should be expected to do, and (b) appropriate methods for examining its validity in achieving the purposes for which it is intended. The RIM is a personality-assessment instrument, and its validity should be judged from its substantial correlations with observ...

The Rorschach test in clinical diagnosis.

Both psychologists 9, 16, 17) and psychiatrists 14, 18, 21) have recognized the values of the Rorschach test in the clinical appraisal of the personality and today it is one of the most important tools in the armamentarium of the clinical psychologist. Since the publication of Beck’s first manual in 1937 several new manuals have been published, demonstrating the increased interest in this new p...

On the science of Rorschach research.

Wood et al.'s (1999b) article contained several general points that are quite sound. Conducting research with an extreme groups design does produce effect sizes that are larger than those observed in an unselected population. Appropriate control groups are important for any study that wishes to shed light on the characteristics of a targeted experimental group and experimental validity is enhan...