Mechanisms of color shock in the Rorschach test and interpretation methods

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780407
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Osaka Ohtani University (2015); Kwansei Gakuin University (2014)
• Principal Investigator: YASUDA Masaru 大阪大谷大学, 人間社会学部, 講師 (40631966)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ロールシャッハ法 / 色彩ショック / 眼球運動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Mechanisms of color shock in the Rorschach test were investigated, by proposing the following hypothesis. Responsiveness declines because of evasive motivation caused by the perception of red with the narrowing of the range of attention. In order to test this hypothesis, previous studies on eye movements of healthy adults during implementing the Rorschach test were reviewed. Moreover, eye movements in healthy and clinical groups were compared through meta-analysis. Results indicated that eye movement indices were sufficiently valid for distinguishing the two groups. Furthermore, correlations were suggested between color shock and the dot-probe task, which is an index of evasive motivation. The above findings partially supported the hypothesis of this study.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学