Oral-Dependent Content in Children's Rorschach Protocols

Abstract

High frequencies of oral-dependent content on the Rorschach discriminated between groups of adults in terms of accurate social perception, interpersonal sensitivity and acquiescence. Present results suggest that such scores occur at a much lower frequency and have different interpretive significance for children's protocols than they do for records of adults. Oral-dependent responses for children appear to be more associated with various personality problems, particularly those of an internalizing nature, and appear largely unrelated to measures of social competence.