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This essay explores the use of the Rorschach Inkblot Method (Rorschach 1921) for assessing mental functioning in adolescents. The method, which has traditionally been referred to as a projective test, consists of ten cards with inkblots on them, and presents a task that involves mental processes of both perception and projection. Since its inception, the inkblot method has generated many interesting perspectives on the nature of the task and the different possibilities of analyzing how this task is handled by people who are administered the inkblots. Exner (1974, 2003) drew on the already existing systems of scoring and interpreting the individual’s responses to the inkblots while developing the Comprehensive System (CS), currently the most frequently used system for administering and coding the Rorschach. The essay points out major CS measures of cognitive functioning, self-perception, interpersonal relationships, and affective experience that might be used for assessing...
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Czopp, S.T. (2011). Rorschach Inkblot Method. In: Levesque, R.J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_81
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