1999/12/01 by Howard N. Garb · 86 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Clinical psychology #Medical and Biological Sciences #Personality Disorders and Psychopathology #Psychological Testing and Assessment #Psychology #Rorschach test #Test (biology)
paper · doi:10.1177/107319119900600402
published in Assessment 6(4), 313-317 (SAGE Publishing)
openalex publication_date 1999/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
A call is issued for a moratorium on the use of the Rorschach Inkblot Test in clinical and forensic (but not research) settings. The moratorium should last until we have determined which Rorschach scores are valid and which ones are invalid. Unfortunately, for most Rorschach scores, results from meta-analyses have been uninformative. Also, incremental validity has not been studied for most Rorschach scores. Furthermore, positive findings for Rorschach scores have rarely been independently replicated. Finally, selective reporting of results has been a problem: Some investigators report significant results but not nonsignificant results. The magnitude of this problem has not been determined. Unless a moratorium is adopted, clinicians will continue to interpret invalid scores along with valid scores.