Rorschach Comprehensive System data for a sample of 357 Portuguese children at five ages.
Eighteen examiners, well trained in the Comprehensive System (CS; Exner, 2003), administered the Rorschach to 357 Portuguese children, in the first through fifth grades, attending schools located in Lisbon and the surrounding neighborhood. Coding was done by 5 of the examiners, each one having more than 5 years of experience with the CS. For this study, coding was reviewed by the authors. Five records were randomly selected from each age group to assess intercoder reliability. Janson and Olsson's (2004) iota was used to assess reliability of the main variable categories. Results are high, with iota ranging from 0.87 to 0.98 across the coding categories. CS variables are presented and key data were chosen and reviewed. A discussion of some data and their comparison with corresponding American data are made, permitting some interesting developmental and cross-cultural questions to be addressed.
Silva
Danilo R
DR
Faculty of Psychology and of Sciences of Education, University of Lisbon, Portgual. danilo@fpce.ul.pt
Dias
Ana Mónica
AM
D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010553:Personality Development; D011174:Portugal / Q000453:epidemiology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking