Open AccessDiagnostic possibilities of three Rorschach indexes for cognitive functioning assessment
Author(s) -
Tamara Džamonja-Ignjatović,
Dragana Đurić-Jočić
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
psihologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1451-9283
pISSN - 0048-5705
DOI - 10.2298/psi0401051d
Subject(s) - rorschach test , psychology , index (typography) , perception , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , cognition , cognitive psychology , value (mathematics) , clinical psychology , statistics , psychiatry , mathematics , computer science , neuroscience , world wide web
The study presents theoretical and empirical comparison of the three indexes in Rorschach Comprehensive System that were developed for psychotic functioning assessment: the Schizophrenia Index (SCZI), the Ego Impairment Index (EII) and the Perceptual Thinking Index (PTI). In spite of the conceptual and nominal differences, these indexes significantly overlap and includes common indicators. The study compared a discrimination value of these three indexes, as well as and theirs indicators and based on the obtained results, tried to formulate a new index as a composite of the best predictors