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Parental divorce as a factor in children's perception of human relationships: An analysis of human movement responses in the Rorschach test
Author(s) -
SPIGELMAN GABRIELLA,
SPIGELMAN AMI
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1991.tb00871.x
Subject(s) - rorschach test , psychology , perception , test (biology) , developmental psychology , factor (programming language) , movement (music) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , neuroscience , paleontology , biology , philosophy , computer science , programming language , aesthetics
The subjects were 108 Swedish children between 10 and 12 years old, who constituted a divorce and a non‐divorce group of 27 girls and 27 boys each. Roschach Tests were administered individually and human movement responses were analysed. Non‐divorce children perceived more cooperative and fewer hostile interactions than the divorce children. Responses containing figures engaged in hostile interaction were most common among divorce girls, whereas the divorce boys had difficulties in perceiving any interaction whatsoever. The different effect of parental divorce on the ability of girls and boys to develop satisfactory social relationships is discussed.