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Qualitative analysis of 20 Rorschach tests administered to suicide attempters
Journal Title: RIVISTA SPERIMENTALE DI FRENIATRIA 
Author/s: Roberto Cicioni, Simona Valgimigli, Cristina Donati, Tommaso Caravelli 
Year:  2016 Issue: 1 Language: Italian 
Pages:  13 Pg. 151-163 FullText PDF:  1726 KB
DOI:  10.3280/RSF2016-001010
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The authors present the results of the administration of the Rorschach test to suicide attempt survivors. The Rorschach protocols were administered to twenty inpatients - from Ospedale Privato Villa Igea di Modena (Italy) - and analysed according to the criteria proposed by the Scuola Romana Rorschach. The inpatients were tested within one month from the suicidal attempt. Results: The research reveals specific personality traits: i.e. the subjects present a low level of psychoemotional processing, with respect to normal subjects, and a significant deterioration of their global functioning as consequence of the suicidal attempt. Their personality traits are on the average introversive with a high level of internal anxiety, despite the recent acting-out behavior.
Keywords: Rorschach, suicide attempt, psychopathology, suicide

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Roberto Cicioni, Simona Valgimigli, Cristina Donati, Tommaso Caravelli, Qualitative analysis of 20 Rorschach tests administered to suicide attempters in "RIVISTA SPERIMENTALE DI FRENIATRIA" 1/2016, pp. 151-163, DOI:10.3280/RSF2016-001010

   

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