Rorschach Assessment of Leadership Traits in College Student Leaders

Abstract

CitAtion Del giudice, m. J., & Brabender, v. m. (2012) rorschach assessment of leadership traits in college student leaders. Comprehensive Psychology, 1, 12. rorschach assessment of leadership traits in college student leaders 1 matthew J. Del giudice and virginia m. Brabender AbstractThe Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) may possess distinct advantages as a tool for identifying leaders but current research is inadequate to support its validity in organizational contexts. To strengthen this empirical foundation, the present study used confidence interval analyses to compare data for 30 college student leaders to samples of nonpatients and college students on the following CS scales: emotionally based resources (SumC), introspective tendencies (FD), capacity for collaboration (COP), stimulus integration (DQ+), and perceptual accuracy (X+%). Results indicated that student leaders produced higher scores on SumC, COP, and FD but not DQ+ or X+%. The implications of these findings are discussed and guidelines for advancing research in this area are proposed.