Scoring the Rorschach : Seven Validated Systems

by Bornstein, Robert F.; Masling, Joseph M.

• ISBN13: 9780805847345
• ISBN10: 0805847340
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-17
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Exner's Comprehensive System has attracted so much attention in recent years that many clinicians and personality researchers are unaware that alternative Rorschach scoring systems exist. This is unfortunate, because some of these systems have tremendous clinical value. Scoring the Rorschach: Seven Validated Systemsprovides detailed reviews of the best-validated alternative approaches, and points to promising new paths towards the continued growth and refinement of Rorschach interpretation. The editors set the stage with an extended introduction to historical controversies and cutting-edge empirical methods for Rorschach validation. Each chapter presents a different Rorschach scoring system. A brief history is followed by detailed information on scoring and interpretation, a comprehensive summary of evidence bearing on construct validity, and discussion of clinical applications, empirical limitations, and future directions. A user-friendly scoring "manual" for each system offers readers practical guidance. The systems tap a broad array of content areas including ego defenses, thought disorder, mental representations of self and others, implicit motives, personality traits, and potential for psychotherapy. All psychologists seriously engaged in the work of personality assessment will find in this book welcome additions to their professional toolkits.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	ix
Foreword	xiii
Irving B. Weiner
Preface	xv
Scoring the Rorschach: Retrospect and Prospect	1	(24)
Joseph M. Masling
Robert F. Bornstein
The Rorschach Prognostic Rating Scale	25	(30)
Leonard Handler
Amanda Jill Clemence
The Use of the Rorschach Technique for Assessing Formal Thought Disorder	55	(42)
Philip S. Holzman
Deborah L. Levy
Mary Hollis Johnston
Concept of the Object on the Rorschach Scale	97	(38)
Kenneth N. Levy
Kevin B. Meehan
John S. Auerbach
Sidney J. Blatt
The Rorschach Oral Dependency Scale	135	(24)
Robert F. Bornstein
Joseph M. Masling
Body Image, Body Boundary, and the Barrier and Penetration Rorschach Scoring System	159	(32)
Richard M. O'Neill
The Pripro Scoring System	191	(46)
Robert R. Holt
Defense and Its Assessment: The Lerner Defense Scale	237	(34)
Paul M. Lerner
Author Index	271	(10)
Subject Index	281