The validity of the Rorschach Prognostic Rating Scale with incarcerated offenders

✍ Scribed by Jack D. Edinger; Joseph B. Bogan

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 337 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(197610)32:4<877::aid-jclp2270320432>3.0.co;2-s

✦ Synopsis

Previous research has shown that the Rorschach Prognostic Rating Scale reliably predicts the adjustment capacity of various S types to a variety of situations. The present study investigated the efficacy of the RPRS t o suggest the adjustment capactiy of prisoners to various aspects of their institutional environment. Twenty-five male inmates of the Petersburg Federal Reformatory served a~ Ss. Grou therapy, dormitory behavior, work progress adjustment ratings, and R P d scores were obtained for each S. Intercorrelations among the adjustment measures and the RPRS total and component scores revealed no significant correlations between the adjustment measures and the RPRS total score. However, in em loying a maximum R stepwise multiple correlation procedure with the RPRE components, significant multiple Rs resulted for two ef the three criterion measures. These results were discussed in terms of the earlier research with the RPRS, and suggestions for future research were made.