Rorschach Comprehensive System Data for a Sample of 409 Adult Nonpatients From Brazil

Abstract

This is a normative study with 409 adult nonpatients living in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The Rorschach was administered by a team of nine psychologists; eight had had further training in the Rorschach method by the Brazilian Rorschach Society and one intensively was prepared by the project coordinator. Of the study participants, 200 lived in the state capital (São Paulo) and the other 209 were in other large and small cities in the state, including a coastal city and one in the mountains. Previous psychological or psychiatric treatments were criteria for exclusion. Each protocol was coded independently by two examiners, and then agreement of the two codings was checked. Differences between the two codings were discussed in a meeting of the whole team, which was supervised by the project coordinator to guarantee codification quality control. Upon completion of the codings, an analysis of examiner differences was undertaken, the results of which are in the text. Interrater reliability statistics among examiners were calculated, including percentage of agreement and kappa. Reliability statistics among examiners at the response level are presented as are Comprehensive System (CS; 1999, 2003) findings.

Acknowledgments

I thank FAPESP, the Brazilian governmental institution that grants financial support to the research (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo—Foundation for the Support of Research in the State of São Paulo). I also acknowledge the help of the following psychologists who received grant support to administer and code the Rorschach: Alexandre P. de Mattos, Armando Mori Neto, Carla C. Hisatugo, Evelyse Stefoni de Freitas, Flávia C. Mucarbel, Laila Moreira Velho, Rita de Cássia Motooka, Patrícia E. S. Calvaro, and Thaís Carvalho Infante.

Notes

¹The Exner edition of 1999 corresponds to the Brazilian translation of the original 4th edition (Exner, 995).

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*Intraclass correlation coefficient.