The researchers developed and demonstrated reliability for a list of Rorschach sexual responses. Sexual offenders (n = 40) and child abusers (« = 40) took the Rorschach to investigate differences in these responses. These adult male subjects were randomly assigned to either a permissive or neutral instructional set, and hypothesized differences between groups were found to exist only within the...

The old controversy regarding the Rorschach Inkblot Test has recently revived. The present article suggests that the debate will be most productive if careful attention is paid to methodological issues. Three recent examples illustrate how incorrect conclusions regarding Rorschach validity may occur if methodological issues are not evaluated carefully. The present article examines (a) Burns and...

The mirror neuron system (MNS) is considered the best explanation for the neural basis of embodied simulation. To date no study has investigated if it may be activated not only by actual but by the "feeling of movement". The Rorschach test cards were used to investigate evidence of EEG mu wave suppression at central areas, an index of MNS activity, since human movement responses (M) to the Rors...

Wood et al. (2010) published a meta-analysis in which the authors challenged the utility of the Rorschach Inkblot Test in delineating key differences between psychopathic and non-psychopathic individuals identified by the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCLR; Hare, 1991/2003). In this article, Gacono et al.’s (2001) five conceptual and four methodological criteria for the evaluation and interpre...

In this study first published in 1972, 218 relatives of 28 schizophrenic and a control group of 34 brain-damaged patients were interviewed and tested with the original Rorschach inkblot cards. In contrast to Rorschach surveys in the general population, the study revealed schizophrenia-like test results in approximately one quarter of the subjects, equally distributed among the relatives of schi...

We replicated prior research on Rorschach and MMPI-2 convergent validity by testing 8 hypotheses in a new sample of patients. We also extended prior research by developing criteria to include more patients and by applying the same procedures to 2 self-report tests: the MMPI-2 and the MCMI-II. Results supported our hypotheses and paralleled the prior findings. Furthermore, 3 different tests for ...

the aim of this study was to examine reality testing in schizophrenic children and compare it with normal children using minus responses subcomponent in ego impairment index of the rorschach test.in a descriptive design, 20 accidentally sampled children, including 10 schizophrenic and 10 normal children, were recruited in to two groups and were compared in terms of reality testing subcomponent ...

Research has shown the importance of sex differences for various aspects of schizophrenia. This study focused on gender-related differences in thought processing as shown in the Rorschach test. Thirty-six schizophrenic patients (18 men and 18 women) were tested with the Rorschach according to the Comprehensive System. The results showed that the female patients were more active in handling info...

Wood et al. (2010) published a meta-analysis in which the authors challenged the utility of the Rorschach Inkblot Test in delineating key differences between psychopathic and non-psychopathic individuals identified by the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCLR; Hare, 1991/2003). In this article, Gacono et al.’s (2001) five conceptual and four methodological criteria for the evaluation and interpre...