Coding With R-PAS: Does Prior Training With the Exner Comprehensive System Impact Interrater Reliability Compared to Those Examiners With Only R-PAS-Based Training?

2018 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Lewey ◽  
T. M. Kivisalu ◽  
L. Giromini
Keyword(s):  
Interrater Reliability ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Prior Training ◽  
Exner Comprehensive System ◽  
System Impact

Effects of Learned Helplessness on Rorschach Responses

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 1011-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald H. Rozensky ◽  
Steven M. Tovian ◽  
Paul G. Stiles ◽  
Kim Fridkin ◽  
Meg Holland
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Learned Helplessness ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Laboratory Experience ◽  
Reactive Depression ◽  
Exner Comprehensive System ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated the relationship between the laboratory experience of learned helplessness and depressive responses on the Rorschach. 50 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to either a learned-helplessness or nonlearned-helplessness condition. After completion of the experimental conditions, subjects were administered Rorschachs which were scored utilizing the Exner Comprehensive System. Student's t tests indicated significantly higher scores on the sum of all responses involving the use of shading and achromatic features (right-side eb) for the learned-helplessness subjects. According to Rorschach theory, these results suggest that subjects in a learned-helplessness condition experience a more painful affective state and tend to withdraw from their environment more than subjects experiencing a nonlearned-helplessness condition. This can be seen as a defense against experiencing more stress. These conclusions are discussed in the context of learned helplessness and reactive depression.

The Status of Exner's Comprehensive System in Contemporary Research

1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1341-1342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Piotrowski
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Exner's Comprehensive System ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
Exner Comprehensive System

Is the Exner Comprehensive System the most frequently used method or approach to Rorschach analysis? In addition to the existing literature on assessment practices, the results of a citation analysis of the PsycLIT database confirms that the Exner system is the most widely used method in research.

A Rorschach Analysis of Violent Murderers and Nonviolent Offenders

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory J. Coram
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Emotional Modulation ◽  
Perceptual Accuracy ◽  
Initial Information ◽  
Cognitive Mediation ◽  
Nonviolent Offenders ◽  
Exner Comprehensive System ◽  
Level Of Significance

The study was designed to compare the Rorschach protocols of violent murderers with nonviolent offenders. A total of 46 convicted male felons, that is, 23 violent murderers and 23 nonviolent offenders with a mean age of 34.43 and 32.48, respectively, participated in the study. Each subject was administered a Rorschach utilizing the Exner Comprehensive System for administration, scoring, and interpretation. The two groups differed at a .01 level of significance on 7 of the 22 variables that were subjected to a one-way analysis of variance. The violent murderers had a greater distortion of perceptual accuracy and cognitive mediation. In addition, they demonstrated a higher potential for impulsivity and vulnerability to stress. Both groups had a high frequency of ambitents, T-less protocols, and difficulty with emotional modulation. Although these findings should be viewed as tentative, they provide some initial information on the differences between the groups. Further study will be needed to replicate and extend the results.

Coding and Interpreting Movement on the Rorschach

Assessment ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot Holaday
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Exner Comprehensive System ◽  
Dictionary Definitions

A survey was conducted to help beginning Rorschach students using the Exner Comprehensive System determine whether to code movement for nouns whose dictionary definitions included movement. A survey form listed 23 of these words, each followed by three options: Active?, Passive?, and No Movement? Results were disappointing because the participants (26 Rorschach experts and 19 students) failed to reach agreement (75% or more) for 15 of these “synopsis nouns.” A literature review on coding and interpreting movement responses led to the conclusion that a client efficiently using synopsis nouns most likely displays a higher cognitive functioning or life complexity than a client who uses several simple words to describe the same percept. Therefore, many of these words should be coded as movement if the examiner is convinced that the client intends to communicate movement. Guidelines supporting a decision to code a noun for movement are suggested.

The Effect of Inquiry on the Exner Comprehensive System

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 647-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Ritzler ◽  
Darlene Nalesnik
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Exner Comprehensive System

The Comprehensive System for the Rorschach: A Critical Examination

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Wood ◽  
M. Teresa Nezworski ◽  
William J. Stejskal
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Interrater Reliability ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Clinical Use ◽  
Unpublished Studies ◽  
Common Opinion

The Comprehensive System (Exner, 1993) is widely accepted as a reliable and valid approach to Rorschach interpretation However, the present article calls attention to significant problems with the system First, contrary to common opinion, the interrater reliability of most scores in the system has never been demonstrated adequately Second, important scores and indices in the system are of questionable validity Third, the research base of the system consists mainly of unpublished studies that are often unavailable for examination Recommendations are made regarding research and clinical use of the Comprehensive System

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