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| Author(s): |
Fabiana Rego Freitas
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2016-04-01 |
| Examining board members: |
Sonia Regina Pasian;
Anna Elisa de Villemor Amaral;
Denise Ruschel Bandeira;
Sonia Regina Loureiro;
Norma Lottenberg Semer
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| Advisor: | Sonia Regina Pasian |
| Abstract | |
The Rorschach Method is internationally used and known as a psychological assessment instrument in personality research. To support its proper use in the Brazilian context, studies about its psychometric evidence are required, particularly the ones that provide indicators of reliability, validity and normative references. This study aimed: a) to verify indicators of reliability and validity of the Rorschach (French School or School of Paris), through the revaluation of non-patient adults from Pasian\'s normative study (1998), to check the temporal stability (structural and functional) of personality traits examined by the Rorschach Inkblot Method (STUDY 1); b) to review and update the norms - the formal quality tables and the location tables of Rorschach (French School) in adults, evaluating any specific production associated with sex, age and education (STUDY 2). Study 1 reassessed 88 adults from Pasian\'s study (1998), ages ranging between 34-69 years, of both sexes and of different educational levels (low, medium and high). Study 2 assessed a new sample of 102 adults, between 18 and 65 years, with typical development indicators, equally distributed regarding sex and with different educational levels (low, medium and high). For the elaboration of the norms, 66 adults from Study 1 were added to the new sample resulting in a sample of 168 cases. Participants are from cities in the State of São Paulo and were evaluated individually using: a) the Mental Health Screening Questionnaire (SRQ-20), in Study 1 to characterize the mental health of adults and in Study 2 as selection criterion of participants; b) Non Verbal Intelligence Test (INV, form C - just in Study 2) for the cognitive control sample; c) Economic classification criteria Brazil (ABEP) and d) Rorschach Method (School of Paris). Each psychological assessment tool was applied, coded and systematized according to their respective manuals. Specifically the Rorschach Inkblot Method was evaluated by the guidelines of the School of Paris, each protocol (of each study) was examined by two independent judges, coming up to a final classification of the cases. The inter-rater reliability was calculated and a Kappa coefficient was obtained for the four categories of classification of Rorschach responses (location, determining/formal quality, content and banality). The results were examined by descriptive (mean, standard deviation, median, minimum and maximum) and inferencial statistical analyses for both samples, according to their main objectives. In Study 1, the correlation ratios between the test-retest of 88 volunteers ranged from 0.72 to -0.005, indicating stability in a set of personality traits of adults evaluated after 15 years, and empirically evidencencing the reliability and validity of this projective method. Some Rorschach variables did not show stable results between the test-retest (Rorschach Personality Styles), suggesting that they can be indicators of personality functioning rather than structural components of personality. In Study 2, regarding the effects of sex, education and age, the analyses showed statistically significant differences in a small number of variables for this projective method. Rorschach French School norms were elaborated for adults aged 18-65 years of both sexes, with different levels of education. Formal quality tables and location tables of this specific method were reviewed and updated according to new data. These procedures were performed in the Brazilian context in accordance with national and international scientific guidelines for the area. Our findings strengthen the relevance of psychometric studies to support appropriate interpretative analysis of the Rorschach School of Paris (FAPESP e CAPES/PDSE). (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/02504-3 - The Rorschach Method in adults: psychometrics evidences of French Approach |
| Grantee: | Fabiana Rego Freitas |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |