Effects of Model's and Observer's Hostility on Rorschach, Interview and Test Performance

Summary This study investigated the effects of a personality variable (hostility) and an experimental variable (observation of models) on Rorschach performance and interview behavior. Females differing on a measure of hostility observed either a high, low, or non-hostile model's Rorschach performance or observed no model prior to their own Rorschach testing. Ss also engaged in verbal self-description and daydream rating tasks. Results indicated that observation (1) facilitated the emission of hostile Rorschach response content for low but not for high hostile Ss and (2) promoted more Rorschach response productivity and diversity. Intercorrelations among 13 indices of hostility revealed that questionnaire and interview self-description measures were interrelated, but were not consistently related to the projective measures.