@article{ref1,
title="Understanding and using the Rorschach inkblot test to assess post-traumatic conditions",
journal="Psychological injury and law",
year="2012",
author="Viglione, Donald J. and Towns, Benjamin and Lindshield, Dawn",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="135-144",
abstract="Partially, in response to recent and current military conflicts, many forensic and clinical researchers and practitioners have devoted increasing interest to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the individual variations in response to trauma. Such efforts have produced a considerable amount of research and opinion supporting the assessment of post-traumatic conditions with the Rorschach Inkblot Test. Based on PTSD and Rorschach research and an appreciation as the Rorschach as a performance test, five interpretive considerations are presented (1) cognitive constriction, (2) trauma-related imagery, (3) trauma-related cognitive disturbances, (4) stress response, and (5) dissociation. These five provide a conceptual starting point for the understanding and application of the test to post-traumatic conditions. Implications for the clinical and forensic evaluation of post-traumatic conditions and for research are presented.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1938-971X",
doi="10.1007/s12207-012-9128-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12207-012-9128-5"
}