The clinical interpretation of the Thematic Apperception Test, Rorschach, and other clinical data: A reexamination of statistical versus clinical prediction.

Karon, Bertram P.

doi:10.1037/0735-7028.31.2.230

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“…Although both approaches are valuable, Janson and Stattin also called attention to the important fact that clinicians regularly combine discrete codes into meaningful categories, and that the dichotomy between single coded data and a global-holistic approach, often forthcoming in research, may seem artificial to clinicians. Costello (1999) and Karon (2000) emphasised the importance of interpretations of qualitative clinical data in the Rorschach, and Karon warned that formal scoring systems lack valuable information. Acklin (1992) and Weiner (2000a) emphasised the importance of an integrative approach in the interpretation of Rorschach.…”

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Rorschach Comprehensive Variables and Assessment for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Nygren¹

2005

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Rationally selected Comprehensive System (CS; Exner, , 1993Exner, , 2003 Rorschach variables and suitability for psychodynamic psychotherapy were investigated in four studies with different designs. The participants comprised three clinical samples (n = 52, 25, and 69) of patients applying for and/or selected for dynamic psychotherapy. With few exceptions the CS variables were the same in the studies, and in all the studies the Rorschach was independent of clinical ratings/assessments and/or selection of patients for treatment. The first study dealt with the relation between 17 rationally selected CS variables and suitability for psychotherapy as represented by ratings of Dynamic Capacity and Ego Strength and by selection of therapy applicants for psychotherapy. The second and third studies concerned CS score differences between groups of patients differing in suitability for dynamic psychotherapy. In the second study, differences for CS variables were predicted for three groups of dynamic psychotherapy patients with mixed diagnoses. In the third study, CS score differences between two groups, differing in suitability but similar in comprising personality disordered patients, were predicted and tested. In the fourth study, correlations were predicted between 18 pre-therapy CS variables and patient post-therapy satisfaction with therapy and also with therapist post-therapy ratings of their patients' suitability for dynamic therapy.For the four studies taken together, positive results were obtained for EA, FC, the D Score, Blends, Zf, F%, MQo, and AG. The results for m, SumT, WSUM6, X-%, S, and FrrF were negative, whereas the results for YFY, FD, COP, and PER were too weak to permit interpretation.The main limitation of the research in this thesis is the lack of psychometric data concerning the clinical ratings whereas the strength is the ecological validity. The results are positive for some of the CS variables selected, mainly concerning control and cognition but also touching upon emotional integration and interpersonal forcefulness. The usefulness of the CS in psychotherapy assessment may be enhanced if only those CS variables that are found valid for the purpose are used and general personality descriptions are avoided.

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2005

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“…No se empleó ningún sistema manualizado para puntuar las historias del TAT por beneficiarse estos sistemas de las historias largas, sin embargo, la literatura preexistente ha mostrado que las historias suministradas por pacientes con esquizofrenia tienden a ser cortas. Queremos resaltar que aunque los sistemas manualizados para puntuar el TAT facilitan la investigación, el entrenamiento y la aplicación clínica de ninguna manera dan cuenta de toda la riqueza de la información disponible cuando una persona cuenta una historia (37). Acerca de los problemas metodológicos que plantea la investigación con test proyectivos, nos gustaría añadir algunas consideraciones.…”

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TAT: Normas aperceptivas en pacientes institucionalizados con trastorno mental grave y prolongado

Navas¹,

González-Pablos²,

Andrés

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Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq.

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“…However, similar to what happened with the Rorschach, numerous other systems and methods of using the TAT soon developed. Methods using a smaller number of cards than the standard 20 (often 8-12) became common (Karon, 2000 ) , and a majority of practitioners do not appear to use any of the available scoring systems, instead relying on "intuitive" interpretations of the stories (Gieser & Stein, 1999 ;Groth-Marnat, 2003 ;Rossini & Moretti, 1997 ) . In fact, surveys show that few users even follow Murray's guidelines to present the cards across two different sessions (Vane, 1981 ) or even present the same cards in published research (Keiser & Prather, 1990 ) .…”

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Handbook of Assessing Variants and Complications in Anxiety Disorders

2013

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The clinical interpretation of the Thematic Apperception Test, Rorschach, and other clinical data: A reexamination of statistical versus clinical prediction.

Cited by 16 publications

References 22 publications

Rorschach Comprehensive Variables and Assessment for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Rorschach Comprehensive Variables and Assessment for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

TAT: Normas aperceptivas en pacientes institucionalizados con trastorno mental grave y prolongado

Handbook of Assessing Variants and Complications in Anxiety Disorders

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