Diagnostic validity of Rorschach Inkblot Test in marijuana users

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maryam derikvandi ¹ , Kambiz Kamkary ² , shohreh shokrzadeh ³

1 - university of islamshahr
2 - Educational science and psychology Faculty. Associate Professor of Azad University. Islamshahr. Iran
3 - faculty

Received: 2022-07-01 Accepted : 2024-06-23

Keywords: &quot, Diagnostic validity&quot, , &quot, Rorschach&quot, , &quot, Inkblot Test&quot, , &quot, Consumers&quot, , &quot, Marijuana&quot, ,

Abstract :

In this research, the "diagnostic validity of Rorschach Inkblot Test in marijuana users" and the main question is whether the Rorschach Inkblot Test in marijuana users has diagnostic validity? The present research design is psychometrics which is in the field of methodological research. The statistical population consists of all young people aged 19 to 29 who use marijuana. Following the assumptions of the field research, 60 people are available using targeted sampling method and refer to centers. Addiction was selected as a clinical sample (marijuana users) and then the test was performed in the mentioned group using Rorschach Inkblot Test. The measurement Instrument of the present study is the Rorschach ink stain test, which has good validity and reliability. In line with the statistical model of the present research and answering the research questions, the sensitivity coefficient in five dimensions of location, content, determinant, need and press has been used and the findings showed that marijuana users in their answers to Location codes are more detailed; In their responses to content codes, they refer more to animals; Determinant codes refer more to movement, more to their needs, more to the needs of domination, sex, and self-expression, and finally, in their responses to pressures, more in terms of Unemployment, economic problems and family conflicts are under pressure. Therefore, in these cases, they have a sensitivity coefficient and can distinguish the clinical signs of marijuana users from normal youth.