| Abstract: | A study was performed to examine the relationship of cognitive functioning as expressed by WISC-R Full Scale, Verbal and Performance IQ's, as well as scaled subtest scores and Rorschach scoring criteria in a sample of school referred, Mexican-American children. One hundred subjects, 80 males and 20 females were selected for the study. All children had been administered both the WISC-R and the Rorschach, as part of a standard battery of tests. Rorschach's were scored according to Exner's (1986) system. Rorschach scoring criteria for analysis were selected on the basis of the literature reviewed. They were: organizational activity (Zf, Zd), developmental quality (+,v/+,o,v), form quality percentages (L,F+%,X+%), location (W,D,Dd), human movement (M), blend responses (.), and total number of responses (R). These were entered as independent variables in order to analyze the relationship amongst them and WISC-R Full scale, Verbal and Performance IQ's for the selected sample. In forty out of the 100 original cases data was available as to the particular subtest scores obtained. In these forty cases, four Rorschach variables were selected for analysis on the basis of the literature reviewed, to assess the relationship between them and individual subtests of the WISC-R. The data was analyzed using a multiple regression procedure. The correlation matrix results indicated some significant, albeit low correlations between WISC-R Full Scale IQ and organizational frequency (Zf), developmental quality plus (DQ+), blends and total number of responses; WISC-R Verbal IQ and Zf, DQ+, D, blends and total number of responses; and WISC-R Performance IQ and Zf, DQ+, and blends. Individual correlations for WISC-R subtests and Rorschach determinants were also significant, although no combined explanatory power emerged in a regression analysis. Results of the regression procedure for all three WISC-R IQ's indicated that Rorschach developmental quality (+,v) consistently emerged as significant in explaining shared variance. The results were discussed in terms of their support of certain previous studies, practical implications and need for further research. |
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