Citation

Rosso AM, Chiorri C, Denevi S. Psychol. Rep. 2015; 117(1): 117-132.

Affiliation

1 Universita degli Studi di Genova, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.2466/03.02.PR0.117c10z4

PMID

26107109

Abstract

-In this study, three different subtypes of Space responses to the Rorschach test were hypothesized: S-fusion, S-reversal, and S-integration. The relationship between these subtypes and feelings of anger and aggression was investigated. The Rorschach test, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-2 (STAXI-2), and the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) were administered to 50 university students. Scores on the STAXI-2 were positively associated with S-fusion and negatively associated with S-integration. No significant associations of S subtypes with aggression were found. The findings support the hypothesis that different figure-ground relationships, shown in the subtypes of S responses, indicate different psychological processes.

Language: en