Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and vulnerability to stress: A preliminary study on electrodermal activity during stress

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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Giromini, Luciano¹  Ando, Agata¹  Morese, Rosalba¹  Salatino, Adriana¹  Di Girolamo, Marzia¹  Viglione, Donald J.²  Zennaro, Alessandro¹ 

[1] Univ Turin, Dept Psychol, Via Po 14, I-10123 Turin, TO, Italy

[2] Alliant Int Univ, Calif Sch Profess Psychol, San Diego, CA USA

关键词: Rorschach;    R-PAS;    Stress;    Skin conductance;    Electrodermal activity;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.036

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This study investigated the predictive validity of the ten Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) variables from the Stress and Distress domain, by testing whether they predicted increased sympathetic reactivity to a mild, laboratory-induced stress, occurred one week after Rorschach administration. A relatively small student sample (N=52) contributed to this research: During a first meeting (T1) participants were administered the Rorschach task according to R-PAS guidelines; about one week later (T2) their electrodermal activity (EDA) was recorded during exposure to a mild laboratory stress-inducing task. Based on literature indicating that exposure to stress tends to increase physiological vulnerability/reactivity to stressful situations, we anticipated that Stress and Distress R-PAS variables measured at T1 would positively correlate with increased sympathetic reactivity to stress at T2, as indicated by greater EDA changes from baseline to stress and recovery. Results partially confirmed our hypotheses: (a) the mean of and (b) the majority of the Stress and Distress R-PAS variables were significantly correlated, in the expected direction, with medium and medium to large effect sizes.

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