title: A Rorschach form-color percentage and reality testing in adult patients and nonpatients.
abstract: This study sought to investigate the sensitivity of a Rorschach form-color percentage (FC+%) on affective dysfunction and reality testing via a decrease in form quality. The mean FC+%s of 46 psychiatric patients representing borderline, manic-depressive, schizo-affective, and schizophrenic groups were compared with those of 12 nonpatients. Data analysis revealed that the mean FC+%s of all the clinical groups were significantly lower than the mean FC+% of the nonpatient group. The results support the FC+% as an index of affective dysfunction and as a viable supplement to Exner's comprehensive Rorschach system.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003118:Color Perception; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011936:Reality Testing; D012392:Rorschach Test; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014888:Wechsler Scales