title: The Comparison of Iranian Normative Reference Data with Five Countries ‎Across Variables in Eight Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) Clusters.
abstract: Objective:This study aimed to provide a normative study documenting how 114 five-seven year-old non-‎patient Iranian children respond to the Rorschach test. We compared this especial sample to ‎international normative reference values for the Comprehensive System (CS).‎Method:One hundred fourteen 5- 7- year-old non-patient Iranian children were recruited from public ‎schools. Using five child and adolescent samples from five countries, we compared Iranian ‎Normative Reference Data- based on reference means and standard deviations for each sample.‎Results:Findings revealed that how the scores in each sample were distributed and how the samples were ‎compared across variables in eight Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) clusters. We reported ‎all descriptive statistics such as reference mean and standard deviation for all variables.‎Conclusion: Iranian clinicians could rely on country specific or "local norms" when assessing children. We ‎discourage Iranian clinicians to use many CS scores to make nomothetic, score-based inferences ‎about psychopathology in children and adolescents.‎.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Abufazel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hosseininasab
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammadreza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, ‎ Science and Research Branch,‎ Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jouzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Esmaeilinasab
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delavar
keywords: Comprehensive System; Iranian Normative Data; Rorschach Test