ABSTRACT
Current Rorschach research cast in the Comprehensive System is reviewed in this chapter. The first group of such studies is a series of test-retest reliability investigations over various time periods with children. These data are integrated with the developmental norm data presented elsewhere to derive hypotheses about the emergence of various Rorschach variables during childhood. Two other test-retest studies indicate that under certain conditions the Rorschach is relatively impervious to efforts to improve one’s performance. In another study, persistence in a meaningless task was related to “a cognitive overload” predicament as represented in an excess of a particular Rorschach response category. Evidence is also presented indicating that empirically relevant state anxiety has essentially no effect on the Rorschach among normals. In light of these and former findings, an intercorrelational matrix of major Rorschach variables is examined and its implications specified. Finally, preliminary findings on the differential diagnosis of borderline, schizotypal, and schizophrenic conditions are presented.
