Rorschach test: Italian calibration update about statistical frequencies of responses and location sheets

Authors

  • Stefano Caruson Presidente del CIFRIC - Centro Italiano Formjazioine Ricerca e Clinica
  • Mariangela Ferro Responsabile Ricerca del CIFRIC - Centro Italiano Formjazioine Ricerca e Clinica
  • Claudia Giampieri Responsabile Ricerca del CIFRIC - Centro Italiano Formjazioine Ricerca e Clinica
  • Manuela Consolmagno Ricercatore del CIFRIC - Centro Italiano Formjazioine Ricerca e Clinica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/2282-1619/2015.3.1119

Keywords:

Rorschach Test, Italian Calibration, Vulgar and Semivulgar Responses, Location Sheets, Coding

Abstract

Abstract

The remarkable importance of a calibration of a test lies in the formalization of useful statistical norms. In particular, the determination of these norms is of key importance for the Rorschach Test because of it allows objectifying the estimates of the interpretations’ formal qualities, and help to characterize responses consistent with the common perception.

The aim of this work is to communicate the new results provided by a study conducted  on Rorschach protocols related to a sample of “non-clinical” subjects.

The expert team in Psychodiagnostic of CIFRIC (Italian Center for training, research and clinic in medicine and psychology) has carried out the following work identifying the rate at which the details of each card are interpreted by normative sample.

The data obtained are systematized in new Location sheets, which refers to the next edition of the "Updated Manual of Locations and Coding of Responses to Rorschach Test".

            Considering the Rorschach Test one of the more effective means for the acquaintance of the personality, it appears therefore fundamental to provide the professional, who uses it, with the possibility of accessing updated statistical data that reflect the population of reference, in order to deduce from them reliable and objectively valid indications.

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Published

29-12-2015

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Projective Methods

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