Comparing the Validity of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System and Exner's Comprehensive System to Differentiate Patients and Nonpatients.

Building on the comparative nonpatient study of Pianowski et al., we examine data from the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and Comprehensive System (CS) in 100 nonpatients and 100 patients, 50 of each per system. Replicating their results but now in a patient sample, R-PAS produced more patient protocols having an optimal number of responses (R) for interpretation and eliminated the need for readministration due to low R. The R-PAS protocols were also much less variable in R, despite having about 2.5 more responses. Extending their results, we document that the primary markers of psychopathology in each system validly differentiate patients from nonpatients. However, R-PAS produced stronger effects. Finally, Complexity added to the valid discrimination of patients from nonpatients just for R-PAS, with patients producing less complex and rich records. The more erratic variability in R for the CS produced larger Complexity standard deviations (SDs) that obscured these genuine differences in people. We discuss implications for research and applied practice, along with directions for future research.

O florir da violeta: um estudo de caso em avaliação terapêutica / The flowering of violet: a case study in therapeutic assessment / La flor de la violeta: un estudio de caso en evaluación terapéutica

A Avaliação Terapêutica (AT) é um processo avaliativo e interventivo proposto para ser semiestruturado e colaborativo com o objetivo de promover mudanças positivas no cliente, que é convidado a ter uma participação ativa durante o processo. Na AT, os resultados dos testes psicológicos padronizados ganham destaque como facilitadores do processo de autoconhecimento do cliente. Desse modo, usualmente, integram-se os achados de testes psicológicos de autorrelato com os métodos projetivos para gerar informações que possam ampliar a visão que o cliente tem de si. Neste artigo, buscou-se compreender o potencial de uso dos testes psicológicos e da relação colaborativa a partir de um caso atendido na perspectiva da AT. A participante, Violeta (nome fictício), foi atendida em 10 sessões com duração entre 60 e 115 minutos. Foram utilizados os testes psicológicos Escala de Bem-Estar Psicológico (Ebep), Escala de Vulnerabilidade e Estresse no Trabalho (Event), Bateria Fatorial de Personalidade (BFP), Método de Rorschach e Inventários de Habilidades Sociais 2 (IHS-2). Observou-se que, durante o processo, Violeta ampliou sua autopercepção, o que possibilitou mudanças no modo de agir em seus relacionamentos amorosos e na reflexão sobre como sua postura era vista por si e por seus colegas de trabalho. Acredita-se que a AT cumpriu com o objetivo de estabelecer uma experiência terapêutica que possibilitasse mudanças positivas para a cliente. Este estudo de caso contribuiu para ampliar a compreensão sobre a importância e o uso dos testes psicológicos neste modelo de avaliação psicológica.(AU)

The Therapeutic Assessment (TA) is an evaluative and interventional process proposed to be semi-structured and collaborative with the objective of promoting positive changes in the client, who is invited to have an active participation during the process. At the TA, the results of standardized psychological tests are highlighted as facilitators of the client's self-knowledge process. In this way, the findings of psychological self-report tests are usually integrated with projective methods to generate information that can broaden the client's view of themselves. In this article, understanding the potential use of psychological tests and of the collaborative relationship from a case treated from the TA perspective was sought. The participant, Violet (fictitious name), was assisted in 10 sessions lasting between 60 and 115 minutes. The psychological tests Psychological Well-Being Scale (EBEP), Vulnerability and Stress at Work Scale (EVENT), Personality Factorial Battery (BFP), Rorschach Method and Social Skills Inventories 2 (IHS-2) were used. It was observed that, during the process, Violet increased her self-perception, which allowed changes in her way of acting in her love life and in her reflection on how her posture was seen by herself and herco-workers. It is believed that TA fulfilled the objective of establishing a therapeutic experience that would enable positive changes for the client. This case study contributed to broaden the understanding about the importance and use of psychological testing in this psychological assessment model.(AU)

La Evaluación Terapéutica (ET) es un proceso de evaluación e intervención que se propone ser semiestructurado y colaborativo, con el objetivo de lograr cambios positivos en el cliente, quien es invitado a tener participación activa durante el proceso. En la ET se destacan los resultados de las pruebas psicológicas estandarizadas como facilitadoras del proceso de autoconocimiento del cliente. Los hallazgos de las pruebas psicológicas de autoinforme suelen integrarse con métodos proyectivos para generar información que pueda ampliar la visión que el cliente tiene de sí mismo. En este artículo se buscó comprender el uso potencial de las pruebas psicológicas y de la relación colaborativa a partir de un estudio de caso tratado desde la perspectiva de la ET. Atendieron a la participante Violeta (nombre ficticio), en 10 sesiones que duraron entre 60 y 115 minutos. Se utilizaron las pruebas psicológicas Escala de Bienestar Psicológico (EBEP), Escala de Vulnerabilidad y Estrés en el Trabajo (EVENT), Batería de Factorial de la Personalidad (BFP), Método de Rorschach e Inventario de Habilidades Sociales 2 (IHS-dos). Se observó que, durante el proceso, Violeta amplió su autopercepción, lo que permitió cambios en la forma de actuar en sus relaciones amorosas y en el reflejo de como ella y sus compañeros de trabajo veían su postura. Así, se cree que ET ha cumplido el objetivo de establecer una experiencia terapéutica que permitió cambios positivos a la cliente. Este estudio contribuyó a ampliar la comprensión sobre la importancia y el uso de las pruebas psicológicas en este modelo de evaluación psicológica.(AU)

Suicidal Ideation in University Students: a Rorschach Assessment / Ideação Suicida em Estudantes Universitários: Avaliação com Rorschach / Ideación Suicida en Estudiantes Universitarios: Evaluación con Rorschach

Abstract University students are particularly susceptible to suicidal ideation and behavior due to issues inherent to this vital lives' moment. The Rorschach test can help to understand these students' suffering. The objective was to evaluate perception, thinking, stress, and distress in the Rorschach test domains in university students attended at a public university mental health service, comparing students with suicidal ideation with those without it. A total of 36 students aged 18 or over were assessed. The instruments were: Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS), Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) and Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20). Two analyses were performed using Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test, according to the presence of suicidal ideation in the last 30 days (SRQ-20) and in the last six months (C-SSRS). Statistically significant differences were found in the two analyses, indicative of greater perceptual distortion in students without suicidal ideation and of stress and distress in students with ideation.

Resumo Estudantes universitários são particularmente suscetíveis a ideação e comportamento suicidas decorrentes de problemas inerentes a este momento vital. O método de Rorschach pode contribuir na compreensão do sofrimento destes estudantes. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar os domínios percepção, pensamento, estresse e angústia no Rorschach de estudantes universitários atendidos em serviço de saúde mental de universidade pública, comparando estudantes com ideação suicida com aqueles sem ideação. Foram avaliados 36 estudantes com 18 anos ou mais. Os instrumentos foram: Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS), Escala de Avaliação do Risco de Suicídio de Columbia (C-SSRS) e Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20). Foram realizadas duas análises com teste de Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney, segundo a presença de ideação nos últimos 30 dias (SRQ-20) e nos últimos 6 meses (C-SSRS). Foram observadas diferenças estatísticas significativas nas duas análises, indicativas de maior distorção perceptiva nos alunos sem ideação suicida e de angústia e estresse nos estudantes com ideação.

Resumen Estudiantes universitarios son particularmente susceptibles a ideación y comportamiento suicida debido a problemas inherentes a este momento vital. El Rorschach puede ayudar a comprender su sufrimiento. El objetivo fue evaluar los dominios percepción, pensamiento, estrés y angustia en el Rorschach de universitarios atendidos en un servicio de salud mental de universidad pública, comparando estudiantes con ideación suicida con aquellos sin esa ideación. Se evaluaron 36 estudiantes de pregrado y posgrado de 18 años o más. Los instrumentos fueron: Rorschach Performance Assessment System, Escala Columbia para Evaluar la Seriedad de la Ideación Suicida (C-SSRS) y Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20). Se realizaron dos análisis con Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test, según la presencia de ideación en los últimos 30 días (SRQ-20) y en los últimos 6 meses (C-SSRS). Hubo diferencias estadísticamente significativas en los dos análisis, indicativas de mayor distorsión perceptiva en estudiantes sin ideación suicida y de angustia y estrés en estudiantes con ideación.

Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) Interrater Reliability in a Brazilian Adolescent Sample and Comparisons With Three Other Studies.

We examine interrater reliability for scoring the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in a sample of 89 adolescents (MAge = 13.2, SD = 1.01) from Brazil using exact agreement intraclass correlations coefficient (ICCs) for the 60 protocol-level scores that are the focus of interpretation. The first author completed or reviewed all of the primary coding, and seven R-PAS proficient psychologists trained at different sites independently produced secondary coding. Overall, excellent agreement was found (M ICC = 0.89; SD = 0.09). When averaged across this study and three other comparison studies, stronger reliability was present, in general, for commonly coded variables (M = 0.87) as opposed to rare or infrequent variables (M = 0.78). In addition, 78.3% of the variables showed excellent interrater reliability and an additional 20.0% had good reliability. The results also showed that the ICCs for most variables had low variability across studies, suggesting clear coding guidelines. However, variables with higher ICC variability across studies indicated domains where it would be desirable to expand guidelines with more detailed parameters. Overall, the findings indicate excellent interrater reliability for the great majority of codes and present solid grounds for future research on interrater reliability with R-PAS.

Does the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) Differ from the Comprehensive System (CS) on Variables Relevant to Interpretation?

We examined the impact of the changes in administration and coding introduced by the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) relative to the Comprehensive System (CS) on the Rorschach response process, as manifested in variables relevant to interpretation. We also examined the efficiency of each system to obtain protocols in an optimal range of responses (R) for interpretation. As hypothesized, when comparing 50 CS and 50 R-PAS nonpatient protocols, R-PAS produced many more protocols in the optimal R range (18-27) than the CS (78% vs. 24%) and it eliminated the need for re-administration, which was required for five CS protocols. As expected, R was less variable with R-PAS, as were two variables derived from it, R8910% and Complexity. In addition, as expected because of different Form Quality tables, R-PAS showed notably fewer and less variable perceptual distortions than the CS, and an increase in more conventional perceptions. The other 58 variables showed no reliable differences in means or standard deviations, though modest power precluded definitive inferences about equivalence. Overall, our results support previous findings about the benefit of R-PAS to obtain protocols in an optimal range for interpretation, while keeping the core manifestations of the response process unchanged.

[The Rorschach method for obesity assessment: clinical study on a group of obese women]. / Il metodo Rorschach per la valutazione dell'obesità: studio clinico su un gruppo di donne obese.

AIM: The purpose of this study is to explore through the Rorschach method the psychological and personological profile of the woman with obesity. METHODS: The Rorschach test was administered to 10 women with body mass index of 41.86±9.9 kg/m2 at the clinic for obesity surgical treatment at the University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone" of Palermo. RESULTS: The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Rorschach responses detected in the study show: limited practical and creative sense in managing daily life situations, rigid control of emotions, affective turmoil, sense of inadequacy; sufficient examination of reality and adaptation social. CONCLUSION: The Rorschach method can be the privileged instrument for obesity, for its remarkable projective value, because it allows to capture the psychic suffering of the obese person, the representation and the image of the self, to identify the interaction between psycho-physical state and emotional investments.

Current Patterns of Training in Personality Assessment During Internship.

OBJECTIVE: Training in broad-based objective and projective personality assessments has been a mainstay of applied psychology. Stedman (2007) and Piotrowski (2015) have documented a decline in projective training during internship. This study investigated internship directors' current expectations regarding graduate school training with objective and projective instruments, their ratings of the importance of that training, and current training patterns with objective and projective instruments during internship. METHOD: Participants were 355 psychology internship programs, representing 46.1% of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers. RESULTS: Results indicated the following current internship training patterns: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (68% to 51%), Personality Assessment Inventory (59% to 25%), Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (51% to 34%), Rorschach (35 to 26%), story telling (41% to 19%), sentence completion (41% to 18%), and drawings (36% to 9%). Adult program directors reported higher percentages for objective tests; child program directors reported higher percentages for projective tests. CONCLUSION: A decreased valuation of projective techniques is now typical of current internship training programs.

An Interrater Reliability Study of Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) Raw and Complexity-Adjusted Scores.

Recently, the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS; Meyer, Viglione, Mihura, Erard, & Erdberg, 2011 ) was introduced to overcome some possible limitations of the Comprehensive System (CS; Exner, 2003 ) while continuing its efforts to link Rorschach inferences to their evidence base. An important, technical modification to the scoring system is that R-PAS interpretations are based on both standard scores and complexity-adjusted scores. Two previous U.S. studies reported good to excellent interrater reliability (IRR) for the great majority of R-PAS variables; however, IRR of complexity-adjusted scores has never been investigated. Furthermore, no studies have yet investigated R-PAS IRR in Europe. To extend this literature, we examined R-PAS IRR of Page 1 and Page 2 raw and complexity-adjusted scores with 112 Italian Rorschach protocols. We collected a large sample of both clinical and nonclinical Rorschach protocols, each of which was coded separately by 2 independent raters. Results demonstrated a mean intraclass correlation of .78 (SD = .14) for raw scores and.74 (SD = .14) for complexity-adjusted scores. Overall, for both raw and complexity-adjusted values, most of the variables were characterized by good to excellent IRR.

Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and vulnerability to stress: A preliminary study on electrodermal activity during stress.

This study investigated the predictive validity of the ten Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) variables from the Stress and Distress domain, by testing whether they predicted increased sympathetic reactivity to a mild, laboratory-induced stress, occurred one week after Rorschach administration. A relatively small student sample (N=52) contributed to this research: During a first meeting (T1) participants were administered the Rorschach task according to R-PAS guidelines; about one week later (T2) their electrodermal activity (EDA) was recorded during exposure to a mild laboratory stress-inducing task. Based on literature indicating that exposure to stress tends to increase physiological vulnerability/reactivity to stressful situations, we anticipated that Stress and Distress R-PAS variables measured at T1 would positively correlate with increased sympathetic reactivity to stress at T2, as indicated by greater EDA changes from baseline to stress and recovery. Results partially confirmed our hypotheses: (a) the mean of and (b) the majority of the Stress and Distress R-PAS variables were significantly correlated, in the expected direction, with medium and medium to large effect sizes.

An Investigation of Interrater Reliability for the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in a Nonpatient U.S. Sample.

The Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) aims to provide an evidence-based approach to administration, coding, and interpretation of the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM). R-PAS analyzes individualized communications given by respondents to each card to code a wide pool of possible variables. Due to the large number of possible codes that can be assigned to these responses, it is important to consider the concordance rates among different assessors. This study investigated interrater reliability for R-PAS protocols. Data were analyzed from a nonpatient convenience sample of 50 participants who were recruited through networking, local marketing, and advertising efforts from January 2013 through October 2014. Blind recoding was used and discrepancies between the initial and blind coders' ratings were analyzed for each variable with SPSS yielding percent agreement and intraclass correlation values. Data for Location, Space, Contents, Synthesis, Vague, Pairs, Form Quality, Populars, Determinants, and Cognitive and Thematic codes are presented. Rates of agreement for 1,168 responses were higher for more simplistic coding (e.g., Location), whereas agreement was lower for more complex codes (e.g., Cognitive and Thematic codes). Overall, concordance rates achieved good to excellent agreement. Results suggest R-PAS is an effective method with high interrater reliability supporting its empirical basis.

Inpatient Therapeutic Assessment With Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

Growing evidence supporting the effectiveness of Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment (C/TA) has led clinicians and researchers to apply C/TA to a variety of clinical populations and treatment settings. This case example presents a C/TA inpatient adaptation illustrated with narcissistic personality disorder. After a brief overview of salient concepts, I provide a detailed account of the clinical interview, test interpretation paired with diagnostic considerations specific to narcissism, planned intervention, and discussion of assessment results. Throughout the case study, I attempt to demonstrate defining features of C/TA, inpatient adaptations, and clinical techniques that encourage meaningful engagement with a "hard to reach" personality.

Cultural and linguistic adaptability of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System as a measure of psychotic characteristics and severity of mental disturbance in Taiwan.

This study investigated the cultural and linguistic adaptability of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS), a new Rorschach administration, scoring, and interpretation system that minimizes psychometric weaknesses of the Comprehensive System (CS). This investigation addressed the validity of R-PAS measures of psychotic characteristics and psychopathology severity in Taiwan, including the incremental validity of the R-PAS relative to the CS variables measuring the same constructs. Ninety Taiwanese individuals (75 psychiatric patients and 15 nonpatients) were tested with standard R-PAS administration and scoring. Two non-Rorschach severity of disturbance measures and 2 psychosis measures served as independent criterion measures. The R-PAS measures were found to be valid in Taiwan in assessing psychotic symptoms and psychopathology severity, thus demonstrating cultural and linguistic adaptability. Moreover, hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated incremental validity for the R-PAS variables over their CS counterparts, providing support that the R-PAS revisions enhance the test psychometrically. These research findings also demonstrate the viability of the R-PAS as a Rorschach system that can be effectively employed outside the U.S. in a different language and culture.

Evidências de validade do Rorschach Performance Assessment System no diagnóstico da esquizofrenia / Evidence of validity of Rorschach Performance Assessment System in the diagnosis of schizophrenia / La evidencia de la validez del Rorschach Performance Assessment System en el diagnóstico de la esquizofrenia

O Método de Rorschach tem-se mostrado um eficaz instrumento para avaliação da personalidade, bem como para identificação de padrões psicopatológicos, em especial, a esquizofrenia. O objetivo do presente estudo foi buscar evidências de validade para o Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) para o contexto brasileiro. Foram administrados o R-PAS e a Magical Ideation Scale (MIS) em 70 setenta adultos, divididos em 35 pacientes com esquizofrenia e 35 não pacientes. Os resultados das comparações evidenciaram diferenças estatisticamente significativas para as variáveis (Hd), An, FQo, FQu, FQn, P, DV, DR, INC, CON, MAH, MAP, GHR, PHR, EII-3 e TP-Comp (p<0,05). Foram encontradas associações positivas e de forte magnitude para o escore obtido na MIS e para as variáveis do R-PAS, EII-3 e TP-Comp (r=0,84 e 0,85, respectivamente). Assim sendo, interpretam-se os resultados como evidências de validade para o R-PAS no contexto brasileiro...

The Rorschach method has proven an effective tool for personality assessment and identification of psychopathological patterns, in particular schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to seek validity evidences for the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in a Brazilian context. Both R-PAS and the Magical Ideation Scale (MIS) were administered in 70 adults, 35 schizophrenic patients, and 35 non-patients. The results of the comparisons showed statistically significant differences for the variables (Hd), An, FQo, FQu, FQn, P, DV, DR, INC, CON, MAH, MAP, GHR, PHR, EII-3 and TP-Comp (p<0.05). There were positive and strong magnitude associations to the score obtained in MIS and the variables of the R-PAS, EII-3 and TP-Comp (r=0.84 and 0.85, respectively). Therefore the results can be interpreted as evidence of validity for the R-PAS in a Brazilian context...

El método de Rorschach ha demostrado ser una herramienta eficaz para la evaluación de la personalidad y la identificación de patrones psicopatológicos, en particular la esquizofrenia. El objetivo de este estudio fue buscar evidencia de validez para el Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) en contexto brasileño. Se administraron el R-PAS y la Magical Ideation Scale (MIS) en 70 adultos divididos en 35 pacientes con esquizofrenia, y 35 no pacientes. Los resultados de las comparaciones mostraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas para las variables (Hd), An, FQo, FQu, FQn, P, DV, DR, INC, CON, MAH, MAP, GHR, PHR, EII-3 y TP-Comp (p<0,05). Se encontraron associaciones positivas y magnitud fuerte a la puntuación obtenida en las MIS y las variables del R-PAS, EII-3 y TP-Comp (r=0,84 y 0,85, respectivamente). Así, se interpretan los resultados como evidencia de validez para el R-PAS en el contexto brasileño...

The association of gender, ethnicity, age, and education with Rorschach scores.

We examined the association of gender, ethnicity, age, and education with 60 Rorschach scores using three clinical and nonclinical samples of adults and youths (ns = 640, 249, and 241). As anticipated for our data sets, there were no reliable associations for gender, ethnicity, or adult age. However, in adults years of education was associated with variables indicative of complexity, the articulation of subtlety and nuance, cognitive synthesis, and coping resources. In the clinical sample of youths, increasing age was primarily associated with more conventional perception and less illogical thought processes. Limitations are discussed in conjunction with further research that could address them, along with implications for applied practice.

Avaliação psicológica da depressão: levantamento de testes expressivos e autorrelato no Brasil / Psychological assessment of depression: A review of expressive and self-reported tests / La evaluación psicológica de la depresión: una revisión de las técnicas proyectivas y auto-informe en Brasil

Este artigo realiza um levantamento de instrumentos para avaliar a depressão como estado e como traço, incluindo a análise de técnicas expressivas e de autorrelato. Parte-se da conceituação do fenômeno, posteriormente são apresentados os testes psicológicos, com parecer favorável pelo Conselho Federal de Psicologia (CFP), destinados à avaliação da depressão e da personalidade, incluindo a avaliação da depressão como traço. Foram identificados 11 instrumentos com parecer favorável para a avaliação desse construto (cinco projetivos e seis psicométricos), um resultado positivo, considerando-se a quantidade de instrumentos aprovados pelo CFP. Os instrumentos são descritos levando em conta suas vantagens e limitações para avaliar a depressão. Por fim, são discutidas as possibilidades de uso desses instrumentos e alguns fatores que o psicólogo deve considerar ao selecionar um instrumento para avaliação desse fenômeno...

This article surveys instruments for assessing depression as a trait and as a state, including psychometric and projective techniques. The concept of depression is presented, followed by the presentation of psychological tests for the assessment of depression and personality (which include the measurement of depression as a trait) that are approved by the Federal Council of Psychology (CFP). Eleven instruments were identified as favorable for this construct (six psychometric and five projective), which was considered a positive result, considering the total number of instruments approved by CFP. The instruments are described with regard to their advantages and limitations for the assessment of depression. Finally, we discuss the usage of these instruments by the psychologist and some factors that should be considered when selecting an instrument to assess this phenomenon...

Este artículo revisa los instrumentos para la evaluación de la depresión como un rasgo y como estado, incluyendo las técnicas psicométricas y proyectivas. El concepto de la depresión se presenta, seguido de la presentación de las pruebas psicológicas para la evaluación de la depresión y de la personalidad (que incluyen la medición de la depresión como un rasgo) que han sido aprobados por el Consejo Federal de Psicología (CFP). Se identificaron 11 instrumentos para evaluar este constructo (seis psicométricas y cinco proyectivas), que se considera un resultado positivo, teniendo en cuenta el número total de los instrumentos aprobados por la CFP. Se describen los instrumentos teniendo en cuenta sus ventajas y limitaciones con respecto a la evaluación de la depresión. Finalmente, se discute la posibilidad de utilizar estos instrumentos por los psicólogos y algunos factores que se deben considerar al seleccionar un instrumento para evaluar este fenómeno...

A comparison between comprehensive system and an early version of the rorschach performance assessment system administration with outpatient children and adolescents.

For many years, the effects of variability in the length of Rorschach records has been debated, and a new administration procedure aimed at reducing the proportion of short and long records has recently been introduced. Using an outpatient sample of children and adolescents, this study explored the impact of an early version of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) administration, on the central tendencies of Rorschach variables. Specifically, the mean values of 51 variables in 142 Comprehensive System versus 99 R-PAS collected records were compared with each other. Results found comparable mean values across CS and R-PAS administration methods for the variables that guide interpretation with children and adolescents. Both methods produced a comparable number of long (> 27 responses) records. The only relevant difference that emerged is that the early R-PAS administration version yielded significantly fewer short (14-16 responses) records and lower variability in the number of responses.

Alto desempenho gerencial, contexto desafiador e personalidade / High performance management, challenging environment and personality / Alto desempeño gerencial, contexto desafiador y personalidad

O presente artigo apresenta resultados de um estudo sobre aspectos da personalidade correspondentes do alto desempenho gerencial e, consequentemente, preditores de sucesso nessa área de atuação profissional. Foram avaliados 43 gerentes considerados de alto desempenho em suas avaliações, por seus superiores e pares, de empresas brasileiras de grande porte. Focaram-se os aspectos da personalidade relativos às capacidades de: análise, planejamento, iniciativa, relacionamento interpessoal e integração humana. Os resultados obtidos permitiram constatar que esses gerentes são produtivos e ativos, capazes de analisar, planejar e tomar iniciativa, destacando-se a alta habilidade de perceber relações entre as partes, articulá-las de maneira organizada e eficiente na solução de problemas mesmo em condições adversas; demonstram capacidade de trabalhar em equipe de modo cooperativo, sendo que 50% da amostra possui boas condições de relacionamento interpessoal. A associação dessas capacidades em contexto desafiador parece caracterizar o alto desempenho gerencial contemporâneo...

This paper presents results of a study on aspects of personality matching top management performance and, consequently, predictors of success in this area of professional practice. We studied 43 managers considered high performance in their evaluations by their superiors and peers, in large brazilian companies. Have focused on aspects of personality related to capabilities: analysis, planning, initiative, interpersonal relationships and human integration. The results revealed that these managers are productive and active, able to analyze, plan and take initiative, highlighting the high ability to perceive relations between them, articulate them in an organized and efficient in solving problems even in adverse; demonstrate ability to work cooperatively in teams, and 50% of the sample has good interpersonal relationship. The combination of these capabilities in challenging context seems to characterize the contemporary high-performance management...

El presente artigo retrata resultados de un estudio sobre los aspectos de la personalidad correspondientes al alto desempeño gerencial y, consecuentemente, predictores de suceso en esta área de actuación profesional. Fueron evaluados 43 gerentes considerados de alto desempeño en sus evaluaciones, por sus superiores y pares, de empresas brasileiras de grande porte. El ponto central de investigación fue los aspectos de la personalidad relativos a las capacidades de: análisis, planeamiento, iniciativa, relacionamiento interpersonal e integración humana. Los resultados permitieron constatar que estos gerentes son productivos y activos, capaz de analizar, planear y tomar iniciativa, se destacando por la alta habilidad de darse cuenta de las relaciones entre las partes, articularlas de manera organizada y eficiente en la solución de problemas mismo en condiciones adversas; demuestran capacidad de trabajar en equipe de modo cooperativo, siendo que 50% de la muestra tienen buenas condiciones de relacionamiento interpersonal. La asociación de estas capacidades nun contexto desafiador parece caracterizare el alto desempeño gerencial contemporáneo...

Rorschach assessment of traumatized refugees: an exploratory factor analysis.

Fifty-one multitraumatized mental health patients with refugee backgrounds completed the Rorschach (Meyer & Viglione, 2008), Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, and Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (Mollica, McDonald, Massagli, & Silove, 2004), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire (WHOQOL Group, 1998) before the start of treatment. The purpose was to gain more in-depth knowledge of an understudied patient group and to provide a prospective basis for later analyses of treatment outcome. Factor analysis of trauma-related Rorschach variables gave 2 components explaining 60% of the variance; the first was interpreted as trauma-related flooding versus constriction and the second as adequate versus impaired reality testing. Component 1 correlated positively with self-reported reexperiencing symptoms of posttraumatic stress (r = .32, p < .05). Component 2 correlated positively with self-reported quality of life in the physical, psychological, and social relationships domains (r = .34, .32, and .35, p < .05), and negatively with anxiety (r = -.33, p < .05). Each component also correlated significantly with resources like work experience, education, and language skills.

Avaliação psicológica no adolescente: objeto de mediação terapêutica / Psychological assessment in teen: object of therapy mediation / Evaluación psicológica en el adolescente: objeto de mediación terapéutica

Referindo-se aos trabalhos de autores franceses antigos e atuais que contribuíram para a reabilitação da avaliação psicológica na prática clínica, este texto focaliza o interesse da avaliação psicológica de orientação psicanalítica como objeto de mediação com fins terapêuticos. Ele tenta mostrar, apoiado em uma ilustração clínica de uma avaliação psicológica de uma adolescente de 16 anos, de que modo a utilização da avaliação pode se inscrever em uma abordagem global de tratamento do sujeito.

Referring to the work of former and current French authors who contributed to the reinstatement of psychological assessment in clinical practice, this text focuses the interest of psychological assessment of psychoanalytic orientation as an object of mediation with therapeutic aims. Supported by a clinical illustration of a psychological assessment of a 16-year-old adolescent, it means to show how the use of the assessment can be inserted into a global approach for treating the subject.

Con base en trabajos de autores franceses antiguos y actuales que han contribuido a la rehabilitación de la evaluación psicológica en la práctica clínica, este texto enfoca el interés de la evaluación psicológica de orientación psicoanalítica como objeto de mediación con fines terapéuticos. El estudio busca mostrar, con el respaldo de una ilustración clínica de la evaluación psicológica de una adolescente de 16 años de edad, de qué manera el uso de la evaluación puede inscribirse en un abordaje global de tratamiento del sujeto.