Studies of Rorschach Content: A Review of the Research Literature Part 1: Traditional Content Categories

Abstract

The results of systematic research study of traditional Rorschach content are reviewed, with a particular emphasis on the following problem areas: population norms, ontogenesis, psychopathology, intellectual and personality characteristics, and situational influences. The yield of this work is then compared with the interpretive statements found in several of the contemporary Rorschach textbooks. It is concluded that no single content category is uniquely indicative of a specific diagnostic category, a personality variable, or a situationally induced factor. The principal value of content variables is seen in the indication that they provide of the nature and adequacy of an individual's relationship to external reality, his social interaction, and his attitude toward his impulse life.

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