The most widely recognized system is the Comprehensive System (CS) described by Exner (1993). Of the structured methods, there are more than one option. Another condition is that a known and structured method of assessment be used. One is that it is administered by an experienced, competent, and trained examiner. This report discusses the reliability and validity of the Rorschach, based upon a review of relevant literature.īased upon published reports, the Rorschach can be regarded as a reliable and valid psychometric instrument, given that certain conditions are met. There is an enormous literature on the Rorschach, yet it remains, after nearly 100 years, a controversial instrument. It is intended to elicit accurate information of diagnostic value in clinical work. Based upon the subject responses, a set of variables can be determined, which are used to define their personality along a set of various axes. It is administered by an examiner who asks questions and records answers. The systems tap a broad array of content areas including ego defenses, thought disorder, mental representations of self and others, implicit motives, personality traits, and potential for psychotherapy.Īll psychologists seriously engaged in the work of personality assessment will find in this book welcome additions to their professional toolkits.The Rorschach is a psychometric tool that uses a series of inkblots shown to a subject, and elicits verbal responses as to what the individual sees in the images. A user-friendly scoring "manual" for each system offers readers practical guidance.
A brief history is followed by detailed information on scoring and interpretation, a comprehensive summary of evidence bearing on construct validity, and discussion of clinical applications, empirical limitations, and future directions.
Each chapter presents a different Rorschach scoring system.
The editors set the stage with an extended introduction to historical controversies and cutting-edge empirical methods for Rorschach validation. Scoring the Rorschach: Seven Validated Systems provides detailed reviews of the best-validated alternative approaches, and points to promising new paths towards the continued growth and refinement of Rorschach interpretation. This is unfortunate, because some of these systems have tremendous clinical value. Exner's Comprehensive System has attracted so much attention in recent years that many clinicians and personality researchers are unaware that alternative Rorschach scoring systems exist.
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