Society for Personality Assessment,Incorporated Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees and Open Business Meeting

Summary: This study compared the MMPI profiles of two groups of child molesters, those with no prior arrests versus those with one or more prior arrests, in order to assess certain clinically derived inferences about these offenders. The sample consisted of 33 persons convicted of child molestation. The group with prior arrests showed more psychopathology than the group with no previous arrests.     

Society for Personality Assessment,Incorporated Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees TAMPA FLORIDA March 21 and 23, 1974

Zubin, J., Eron, L. D. and Schumer, Florence. An Experimental Approach to Projective Techniques. New York Wiley and Sons, 1965. Reviewed by A. I. Rabin     

The status of the Rorschach in clinical and forensic practice: an official statement by the Board of Trustees of the Society for Personality Assessment

This statement is intended for psychologists, other mental health professionals, educators, attorneys, judges, and administrators. Its purpose is to present a summary of the issues and evidence concerning the Rorschach. This statement affirms that the Rorschach possesses reliability and validity similar to that of other generally accepted personality assessment instruments, and its responsible use in personality assessment is appropriate and justified.