title: Developmental quality and developmental level in Rorschach scoring: a question of shared meaning.
abstract: Modification of Friedman's developmental level scoring (DL) for Rorschach area components by Exner within the Comprehensive System to derive a new code, Developmental Quality (DQ), raises the question of whether the two have the same meaning. Recent research indicated significant differences. Here Rorschach area components for 20 men addicted to alcohol gave an r of .32 which suggests the shared meaning between these methods is too low to support identical inferences.
authors.affiliation: Widener University.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: DeCato
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Alterman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Slap-Shelton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D012016:Reference Values; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*