Psychological Science ›› 2015, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 1207-1212.

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Research on "faking good" and malingering reaction and development in Rorschach Inkblot Test

,Li-zhinan ZHILI,Yi-Qiong LI   

  • Received:2014-11-14 Revised:2015-06-18 Online:2015-09-20 Published:2015-09-20
  • Contact: Li-zhinan ZHILI

罗夏墨迹测验中“装好”与诈病反应的研究与进展

孔德生,李志楠,李祎琼   

  1. 哈尔滨工程大学
  • 通讯作者: 李志楠

Abstract: Traditionally, the participants were believed that could not conceal their psychological problems in the Rorschach test. In effect , the participants have a motive to consciously “faking good”. Some research has indicated that the Rorschach is unaffected by deliberate manipulation. But the participants would produce Rorschach protocols with a greater number of popular responses (P), a higher Lambda score (L), a greater number of Personalized answers (PER), a lower total number of responses (R). Recently researchers have found that the Wikipedia-hosted Rorschach article contains a wealth of information, with topics of varying depth and accuracy. For example, the page contains factual portrayals of all ten inkblots and a list of “Popular responses” next to each card. While the prevalence of online information related to the Rorschach as well as Internet users’ reactions to the media coverage surrounding the Rorschach-Wikipedia controversy. Several researchers have started to investigate how the Wikipedia article might impact Rorschach results. The authors concluded that the Wikipedia article may allow examinees to present themselves as having better reality testing than they actually do. And the examinees would exhibit signi?cant perceptual accuracy. However, the Rorschach test results depend on the pooled analysis and structural evaluation of a number of indicators, the above variation usually does not have substantial impact. Many clinicians are quick to point out that projective measures are immune to attempts at deception. This widely held belief likely arose from early studies of malingering and the Rorschach. But it becomes difficult to conclude whether individuals who are attempting to deception without the use of a comparable control group. More recent studies of malingering and Rorschach present mixed results. Some studies have suggested that the Rorschach protocols of individuals identified as malingering do not differ from the Rorschach protocols of individuals responding honestly. In contrast, other studies have raised concerns that some individuals motivated to feign a psychological disorder may indeed be able to produce Rorschach Symptom. Participants instructed to feign mental illness,typically produce fewer total responses, a low number of popular responses and a greater number of Dramatic contents scores. This would suggest that the Rorschach is not as immune to manipulation. Therefore, results suggesting that the Rorschach is susceptible to malingering. However, it is important to bear in mind that the Rorschach as a diagnostic tool has demonstrated mixed results in the literature. A number of studies have compared the utility of the MMPI with the Rorschach test to detect examinees who feign psychological disorders. These results imply that the Rorschach test is significantly distinguishing the coached examinees with MMPI. If the use of the Rorschach test is carried out jointly with MMPI test, concealing reaction can accurately assess the participant’s .In addition; the participants’ reaction should be treated with caution, as much of the sensitive contents of Rorschach test are exposed on the Internet. Finally, the establishment of specialized Rorschach test validity scales can thoroughly solve the participants’ "faking good" and malingering behavior.

Key words: Rorschach Inkblot Test, "faking good" response, malingering response

摘要: 传统观念认为罗夏测验具有投射测验的性质,因此受测者无法在其测验中故意“装好”和诈病。但相关研究发现,受测者的“装好”反应对于罗夏测验结果没有产生实质性的影响,不能改变罗夏测验的基本数据特征和结构汇总性量表;而诈病反应的研究结论不尽相同,受测者有可能造成罗夏测验变量得分的改变,伪装成相应精神病理症状。如果联合使用MMPI和罗夏测验,则可以精确地评估受测者的伪装反应。目前已有的研究存在被试取样单一、研究数量偏少、无法确定临界值等问题。罗夏测验“装好”和诈病反应研究还处于初步阶段,需要继续深入研究并建立专门的“装好”和诈病量表。

关键词: 罗夏墨迹测验, “装好”反应 , 诈病反应