The assessment of a relationship disposition, "fantasy withdrawal," from Rorschach face sheet data.
This study investigated the predictive relationship of Rorschach face sheet variables, selected on the basis of psychoanalytic considerations of the patient-examiner relationship, to a dimension of clinical-theoretical relevance in the evaluation of treatment outcome, "fantasy withdrawal." The first step in the present study involved rank ordering and grouping of 19 nosological subgroups along the dimension of fantasy withdrawal. This ranking and grouping served as the criterion against which several quantified aspects of fantasy production on the Rorschach were assessed. The score categories were selected on an a priori basis as most likely to predict the ordering of the patient groups along  the dimension of fantasy withdrawal. A formula for such prediction was developed, applied to the original groups, and then reapplied to a patient group in the present hospital setting.
D005201:Fantasy; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011594:Psychometrics; D012392:Rorschach Test; D012934:Social Isolation; D014705:Verbal Behavior