Current trends for Rorschach use in forensic settings
As forensic psychologists rely on interviews and testing to aid the court in making decisions for individuals, it is important to examine the psychological measures being utilized. Standards identified by the Court (the Frye and Daubert standards) to determine admissibility of expert testimony require a measure be "generally accepted" within the field. Therefore, research to help determine the actual use of a measure within a field is essential. In this preliminary study, a population of 80 forensic psychologists received short questionnaires by mail with items regarding their use of specific psychological measures. Twenty-nine subjects returned and responded to the survey. Results indicated that 24\% of subjects utilize the Rorschach in the majority (over 50\%) of their evaluations. Additionally, statistical interpretation revealed that subjects have significantly decreased their use of the Rorschach in the last five years. Subjects significantly decreased their use of Projective Drawings, but significantly increased their use of the Millon inventories and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). Most frequently endorsed, the Wechsler scales of intelligence and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), showed no significant difference over time. Trends of increasing use were noted for objective personality measures; while trends of decreasing use were noted for projective personality measures. Further research with a larger, random sample of forensic psychologists may help produce generalizable results for the forensic community. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)
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Sweety P Agrawal
(2005)
Current trends for Rorschach use in forensic settings
PhD thesis.