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Rorschach suicide predictors: A crossvalidational study
Author(s) -
Kestenbaum Joel M.,
Lynch Denis
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197807)34:3<754::aid-jclp2270340337>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - rorschach test , psychology , replicate , clinical psychology , cross sectional study , psychopathology , suicidal ideation , poison control , suicide prevention , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Attempted to replicate previously reported findings that individuals who commit suicide give a greater number of transparency and cross‐sectional responses on the Rorschach than matched nonsuicidal S s. In addition, a variety of other scoring categories reported in the literature as being more frequent in suicidal S s were compared for suicidal individuals and their matched controls. However, neither the transparency and cross‐sectional category nor the other response classifications differentiated the groups. Social class and/or IQ differences in the samples used were suggested as a reason for the failure to replicate the earlier study on cross‐sectional and transparency scores.