Clinical Utility of the Rorschach Inkblot Method: Reframing the Debate
Phase Period 1 1921- 1950s The unbridled optimism period This period was marked by widespread interest in the RIM, aided in part by these seminal publications of Schafer (1954) 2 1960s Increasing skepticism period widespread misuse of the test by clinicians (typically involving biased, impressionistic interpretation. 3 1974 onwards The psychometrization period Comprehensive System (CS) for RIM scoring and interpretation (subsequently revised and refined in 1986, and again in 1993). With the publication of Exner’s CS, a single overarching framework was adoptedby most (although not all) RIM users. The empirical foundation of the RIM was strengthened, and the test achieved a degree of respectability that it had not enjoyed for some time (see Meyer, 1999; Weiner, 1995, 2000a) 4...