title: The aggression response and the Rorschach.
abstract: We propose the addition of four aggressive indices for Rorschach scoring: aggressive content, aggressive potential, aggressive past, and sado-masochism scores. Interrater agreement is presented and ranges from 92-100%. Nomothetic comparisons are made between groups with higher base rates for violence with mixed results, although the sado-masochism frequency was significantly higher in severe psychopaths than in moderate psychopaths. Idiographic use of the aggression indices is emphasized, with a particular focus upon inferring the quality, intensity, and directionality of intrapsychic aggression in relation to self and object representations.
authors.affiliation: San Diego County Forensic Mental Health Division, CA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Meloy
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Gacono
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002100:Cachexia / Q000523:psychology; D004328:Drive; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D011594:Psychometrics; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014754:Violence