Academic Learning Problems and Rorschach Indices: A Spanish Replication

Abstract

This study compared the Rorschach responses of Spanish children who were and who were not judged by their teachers to be experiencing significant reading problems. With controls exacted on gender, social class, chronological age, and IQ, the responses of 15 pairs of subjects were examined; group differences in perceptual accuracy, self-concept, and reactivity were assessed. Consistent with American studies involving profiles of learning disabled and nonlearning disabled subjects, despite some differences being small, responses of children with reading problems were characterized by lower perceptual accuracy and lower self-concept; inconsistent findings appeared on measures of reactivity. Empirical problems in conducting cross-cultural investigations with the Rorschach are discussed.