Rorschach productivity and participation in group psychotherapy

✍ Scribed by Gordon E. Rader

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1960
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 268 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(196010)16:4<422::aid-jclp2270160426>3.0.co;2-1

✦ Synopsis

PROBLEM

A number of writers on the Rorschach have pointed out the interpersonal aspects of taking a psychological test and drawn parallels between the Rorschach test situation and other clinical situations. Zubiii(6), in fact, refers to the Rorschach as a form of standard interview under the veil of ink blots. He feels that a patient will manifest many of the same characteristics and behavior tendencies while taking the Rorschach that he does while being interviewed. It might seem, then, that the Rorschach could be useful in predicting a patient's productivity in a group therapy situation, knowledge of which can often be very helpful in selecting the right patient for the right group. The present study investigated the relationship between productivity while taking the Rorschach and productivity in group psychotherapy.