Construct Validity Of Rorschach Space Responses
| Autor: | Anna Maria Rosso, Andrea Camoirano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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050103 clinical psychology
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Frustration Construct validity 050109 social psychology Hostility Anger Space (commercial competition) Rorschach test medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology General Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Open Psychology Journal. 12:116-125 |
| ISSN: | 1874-3501 |
| DOI: | 10.2174/1874350101912010116 |
| Popis: | Background: The diagnostic meaning of the Space response, a Rorschach variable, is far from established. Previous studies on Rorschach Space responses suggested that different figure-ground relationships, shown in the three subtypes of Space responses (Integration, Reversal, and Fusion), could indicate different psychological processes. Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate the construct validity of Space responses in a nonclinical sample by exploring the association of the three different types of Space responses with (a) the observer-rated motor, emotional, and cognitive components of aggression; and (b) the direction and emotional regulation of aggression in socially frustrating situations. Methods: The Rorschach Inkblot Method and the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study were administered to 151 volunteers from a nonclinical community sample. The Aggression Questionnaire was administered as an observer-rated version to the participants’ mothers. Correlation analyses were performed to investigate the associations between the three different Space responses, the scores reported on the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study, and the observer-reported scores on the Aggression Questionnaire. Conclusion: This study offers support for differentiating the three types of mutually exclusive Space responses. Space reversal responses were found to be indicative of a propensity to direct aggression outward in the context of frustrating interpersonal situations, whereas Space fusion responses positively correlated with a greater amount of anger feelings and hostile thoughts associated with a deficit in anger and emotional regulation that may contribute to impair reality testing. As with previous studies, no association between S integration responses and anger or aggression was observed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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