title: On the validity of hypotheses derived from the Rorschach: V. The relationship between form level and ego strength.
abstract: Although Rorschach interpreted from level as a perceptual and conceptual aspect of intelligence, Beck and the more current meaning assigned to form level relates these functions to ego strength. F+%, therefore, has come to be regarded as a measure of ego strength. The research examining the validity of this assumption was reviewed and Beck's hypothesis was seen to be supported. The research supports the clinical use of F+% as a measure of ego strength, but further research might help clarify what actual psychological processes are involved in the creation of responses of good form.
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004532:Ego; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007360:Intelligence; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012392:Rorschach Test; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology