Cor e qualidade formal no Rorschach de adolescentes e jovens adultos

Abstract

This article tries to find if color may the cause of higher frequency in some Rorschach normative studies, it was observed that the highest frequency of perceptive distortion, as it is suggested by some normative studies. Administration of cards II, III, VIII, IX and X, in their original and achromatic versions, to two groups of 40 both sex young people, allowed to get the following results: Concerning FQo variable, it occurs a statistically significant difference favoring the female sex in Card IX; Concerning FQ−variable, no statistically significant difference occurs; Concerning FQu, a statistically difference occurs, in card X, favourable to chromatic version it also occurs with XA variable; Analysis of variance to two factors, chromatic/achromatic and sex, reveals that female sex factor is responsible for higher level of FQo and XA in card IX. Current study does not permit to establish a causal relationship between color and perceptive distortion in Rorschach.