Autism and Rorschach Test

Authors

  • Regina Sonia Gattas Fernandes do Nascimento PUC-SP
  • Ceres Alves de Araújo PUC- SP
  • Francisco Baptista Assumpção Junior Universidade de São Paulo

Keywords:

autism, Rorschach test, intelligence, affect.

Abstract

The research aimed to evaluated and analyze the cognitive and affective characteristics of children diagnosed with autism and that presented normal intelligence, through Rorschach test and Exner Comprehensive System. Children under this condition have deficits in emotional and social development since early ages. Rorschach test was applied to 21boys from 6 years and 6 months to 16 years and 2 months, diagnosed with autism through DSM-IV-TR criteria and showed signs of intelligence in the normal range, measured by Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, third edition. The data showed the existence of a relative integrity of the cognitive perceptual processing. The relational deficit index was positive, exhibiting difficulties in facing the ordinary social demands, compatible with clinical description. Regarding the variables selected to be observed, we found a large variability in many of them, which indicates that one cannot say that part of a specific profile for children with pervasive developmental disorders, being probably in individual characteristics.

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Author Biography

Regina Sonia Gattas Fernandes do Nascimento, PUC-SP

Professora Associada do Curso de Psicologia da Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e da Saúde da PUC-SP. Departamento de Psicologia Social. Diretora da Clínica Psicológica "Ana Maria Poppovic". Linha de Pesquisa: Fundamentos e Medidas em Psicologia, Avaliação Psicológica, método de Rorschach.

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Published

2012-02-28

How to Cite

Gattas Fernandes do Nascimento, R. S., Araújo, C. A. de, & Junior, F. B. A. (2012). Autism and Rorschach Test. Psico, 42(4). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/8733

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Vol. 42 No. 4 (2011)

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