2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Historical study on the Rorschach's Inkblot Method in Japan: its import process and development process.
| Project/Area Number |
23730653
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Clinical psychology
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| Research Institution | Gifu University |
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Principal Investigator |
SADO Tadahiro 岐阜大学, 保健管理センター, 助教 (60510576)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 歴史性 / 研究者 / 投影法 / 精神診断学 / 文献研究 / フィールド調査 / 新図版 |
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| Research Abstract |
The subject of this study was to clarify the history of the Rorschach's Inkblot Method (RIM) in Japan, in particular, its import process and development process.
The results were as follow: 1) RIM was introduced in Japan before 1930; 2) 273 papers published until 1959; 3) although psychiatric practice was main research field in 1930s, criminal and anthropological researches was the predominant in 1950s; 4) Japanese scholars had make 11 new inkblot plates; 5) new historical facts was found through field work in Switzerland; 6) development history of RIM is different from onother projective method including the Baum test and the Landscape Montage Technique.
The future issue is to outline the history of clinical psychology in Japan throughout the RIM history in Japan.
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