Symbolic Analysis Cross-Culturally: The Rorschach Test - Hardcover

De Vos, George A.; Boyer, L. Bryce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520060865 ISBN 13: 9780520060869

Publisher: University of California Press, 1989

Synopsis

Is the Rorschach test, a projective technique that involves verbal responses to a series of ink blots, useful in cultures other than the one where it originated? After many years of research the authors have concluded not only that it is but also that "cross-cultural comparison of psychological tests is . . . essential for further research in social psychiatry and psychological anthropology, as well as developmental psychology." Their book is the first systematic presentation of the use of the Rorschach test cross-culturally.

Three different cultures are selected: Japanese, Algerian Arab, and Apache native American. Rorschach testing of members of these cultures corroborates the universality of human associative patterns influenced by affectivity, regardless of culture.

A scoring system developed by De Vos is a major contribution to a new and reliable way of approaching, organizing, and integrating Rorschach responses in diverse cultural settings. With research contributions by Orin Borders, Richard Day, Akira Hoshino, Eiji Murakami, Takao Sofue, and Mayumi Taniguchi, the authors demonstrate how within-group and between-group differences can be methodically studied, to yield new insights into the interrelationship of personality and culture.

About this title

About the Author

George A. De Vos is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. L. Bryce Boyer, M.D., is Co-Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of the Psychoses in San Francisco.

From the Back Cover

"The approach is highly original. . . . Very important for all professionals using the Rorschach."―Theodora M. Abel, University of New Mexico

"This work has significant theoretical importance in the field of cross-cultural diagnosis and field methodology . . . written in a clear, concise, lucid style."―Edward F. Foulks, Tulane University, New Orleans VA Medical Center

From the Inside Flap

"The approach is highly original. . . . Very important for all professionals using the Rorschach."—Theodora M. Abel, University of New Mexico

"This work has significant theoretical importance in the field of cross-cultural diagnosis and field methodology . . . written in a clear, concise, lucid style."—Edward F. Foulks, Tulane University, New Orleans VA Medical Center

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520060865
• ISBN 13: 9780520060869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 531