Psychodiagnostik

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Psychodiagnostik (Psychodiagnostics) is a 174-page monograph written by Hermann Rorschach in 1921 containing the results of his studies on mental patients and 10 cards that became the foundation of the Rorschach test. [1]

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Based on the correspondence of Rorschach, available in Hermann Rorschach (1884–1922): Briefwechsel, the publishing process was a two-year undertaking. [2]

A second edition was edited by Walter Morgenthaler and published in 1932. [3]

In 1942, it was published in English as Psychodiagnostics: A Diagnostic Test Based on Perception.

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References

  1. Gary Groth-Marnat (2003). Handbook of psychological assessment. Wiley. p. 408. ISBN   0-471-41979-6.
  2. Helga Ch. Rehm (2005). "Book review: Hermann Rorschach's Correspondence". Journal of Personality Assessment . 85 (1): 98–99. doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa8501_10. S2CID   144028994.
  3. E. Blum (1934). "Psychodiagnostik: By Hermann Rorschach. (Second Edition, edited by W. Morgenthaler. Hans Huber, Bern and Berlin, 1932, Vol. I. Pp. 230. Vol. II. 10 Plates.)". International Journal of Psycho-Analysis (15): 475–477.