Some effects of alcohol on Rorschach performance

✍ Scribed by Albert Rabin; Ned Papania; Allan McMichael

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1954
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 306 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(195407)10:3<252::aid-jclp2270100312>3.0.co;2-h

✦ Synopsis

I n a recent review of the literature Jellinek(1) states that "The most important conclusion that may be drawn from psychological experiments with alcohol . . . is . . . that alcohol is a depressant, not a stimulant. It affects first the higher brain centers which control the voluntary behaviors and emotions.'' The present study is designed to investigate the "depressant" effects of alcohol upon the relevant factors involved in Rorschach performance. More specifically, we wish to test several "working hypotheses" that are particularly related to Rorschach performance.

Consistent with the notion of the "depressant" effect, the following changes in the Rorschach profile may be expected when subjects are under the influence of alcohol