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The Concurrent Validity of Child Rorschach
Journal of Personality Assessment (1983)
  • Richard H. Dana, Portland State University
  • Bettye R. Back
Abstract

Rorschach records were obtained by 10 examiners from 59 preschool children. These records were reliably scored and interpreted. Interpretation consisted of preparing a list of Rorschach concepts for each child. An additional number of Rorschach concepts of equal frequency in this sample were added to each child's list of concepts. Half of the concepts on each child's list were checked for agreement by school personnel. The children were described with consistency across judges and over time by the same judges. The school personnel were able to differentiate concepts that described each child from nonrelevant concepts. The Rorschach concepts provided data that was validated by teacher perception of these children. This methodology for Rorschach validation makes use of interpretive concepts derived directly from data rather than from reports.

Keywords
  • Rorschach Test,
  • Personality tests--United States--Children
Publication Date
1983
Citation Information
Richard H. Dana and Bettye R. Back. "The Concurrent Validity of Child Rorschach" Journal of Personality Assessment Vol. 47 Iss. 1 (1983)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/richard_dana/80/