Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and the Rorschach response process

• Grant number: 14/04940-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2014
• End date: June 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Fundamentals and Assessments in Psychology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Anna Elisa de Villemor-Amaral
• Grantee: Giselle Pianowski
• Host Institution: Universidade São Francisco (USF). Campus Itatiba. Itatiba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The response process on the Rorschach has been studied since its inception. On the basis of the resolution of the Rorschach task are the cognitive processes, however, the projective mechanism may be one of the identified manifestation. Various systems have organized implementations for improving the assessment generated by the Rorschach, which is seen in the Exner Comprehensive System (CS) and in the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R -PAS). The present study aims to identify any pattern of cognitive and projective manifestation and to determine possible effects of the R-Optimized administration, a new pattern of administration organized by R-PAS, on the response process. On a first moment, will be used a database including a sample of 600 non-patient Brazilian adults CS protocols, both genders, aged between 18 and 67 years and various educational levels. Analysis will be conducted, to identify any pattern and differences of cognitive and projective manifestation on the initials and finals responses, initials and finals cards, and chromatic and achromatic inkblots. In second moment, will be used a sample of 315 individuals, 255 non-patients and 60 patients with schizophrenia, administrated according to the CS and R-PAS. Analysis will be conducted to identify differences on the response process between R-Optimized and non Optimized administration, on clinical and non clinical samples. For both studies, descriptive and comparative, Student T test and ANOVA, analyzes between groups will be calculated, also the magnitudes of the differences will be evaluated by Cohen d coefficient and it will be checked for occurrence of Type I errors through the statistical power (²-1). (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PIANOWSKI, GISELLE; VILLEMOR-AMARAL, ANNA ELISA DE; MEYER, GREGORY J.. Comparing the Validity of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System and Exner's Comprehensive System to Differentiate Patients and Nonpatients. ASSESSMENT, v. N/A, p. 16-pg., 2023-01-19. (14/04940-0)

PIANOWSKI, GISELLE; MEYER, GREGORY J.; DE VILLEMOR-AMARAL, ANNA ELISA; ZUANAZZI, ANA CAROLINA; DO NASCIMENTO, REGINA SONIA GATTAS F.. Does the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) Differ from the Comprehensive System (CS) on Variables Relevant to Interpretation?. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT, v. 103, n. 1, OCT 2019. (14/04940-0)