the comparison of iranian normative reference data with five countries ‎across variables in eight rorschach comprehensive system (cs) clusters

objective: this study aimed to provide a normative study documenting how 114 five-seven year-old non-‎patient iranian children respond to the rorschach test. we compared this especial sample to ‎international normative reference values for the comprehensive system (cs).‎ method: one hundred fourteen 5- 7- year-old non-patient iranian children were recruited from public ‎schools. using five child and adolescent samples from five countries, we compared iranian ‎normative reference data- based on reference means and standard deviations for each sample.‎ results: findings revealed that how the scores in each sample were distributed and how the samples were ‎compared across variables in eight rorschach comprehensive system (cs) clusters. we reported ‎all descriptive statistics such as reference mean and standard deviation for all variables.‎ conclusion : iranian clinicians could rely on country specific or “local norms” when assessing children. we ‎discourage iranian clinicians to use many cs scores to make nomothetic, score-based inferences ‎about psychopathology in children and adolescents.‎