Aplicabilidade do Rorshach na avalia??o psicol?gica do autismo

• Main Author: Oliveira, Maria Helena de
• Other Authors: CPF:34616055068
• Format: Others
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 2014
• Subjects: Autismo; Avalia??o psicol?gica; M?todo de Rorschach; Autistic spectrum disorder; Psychological evaluation; Rorschach method; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA
• Online Access: http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/17460

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaHOD_DISSERT.pdf: 873654 bytes, checksum: cf254e02723c86333cb5282f97151990 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-27 === This study investigates the applicability of the Rorschach Method for evaluating the personality of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).The relevance of this study is justified by the limited number of investigations published in the research literature concerning the use of psychological tests used for evaluating the personality of individuals with ASD. The Rorschach Method was chosen as an appropriate instrument considering it reveals the personality s basic structure, including characteristics of the affectivity, sensuality, inner life, mental resources, psychic energy and general characteristics and intellectual state of the individual. The general objective of this investigation consisted of verifying the applicability of the use the Rorschach Method in the evaluation of the characteristics of people's personality with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).The study also sought to identify perceptive factors of the personality structure of individuals with ASD, provide contributions of the understanding of this syndrome, seeking the establishment of possible therapeutic interventions starting from diagnostic by Rorschach Method. In addition, this investigation aims at verifying the adequacy of using the Rorschach Method as an instrument for evaluating the personality characteristics of individuals with ASD and its possible use in Brazil, starting from preliminary normative results. Participants consisted of 44 youngsters and adults, both genders with age range 14 - 39 years-old (average: 23.5 years-old) distributed in 2 groups. Group 1: composed with 22 youngsters and adults with clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (communication impairments, social interaction deficits, restricted and repetitive interests and activities); Group 2: composed with 22 youngsters and adults with typical behavior. The participants were paired to gender and age, individually. The Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon tests were applied to evaluate statistical differences between the groups, considering demographic and social data. The results indicate the presence of restricted interest or difficulty in the expression of the social and affective interaction of people with ASD. However, the need of broader normative studies concerning the use of personality evaluation instruments for people with ASD is warranted. These investigations could help understand the psychic dynamism of this population, offering subsidies that can be added to the current techniques of diagnosis. The Rorschach Method is susceptible to application but it is necessary to respect the individual limitations of these people and to establish more criterions about the spectrum === O presente trabalho investiga a aplicabilidade do Rorschach na avalia??o de caracter?sticas de personalidade de sujeitos com Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA). A relev?ncia do estudo deve-se ? necessidade do desenvolvimento de pesquisas na ?rea de avalia??o psicol?gica de sujeitos com TEA, mediante a utiliza??o de instrumentos apropriados para tal finalidade. A escolha pelo M?todo de Rorschach ampara-se em ser uma t?cnica que revela a organiza??o b?sica da estrutura da personalidade, incluindo caracter?sticas da afetividade, sensualidade, vida interior, recursos mentais, energia ps?quica e tra?os gerais e particulares do estado intelectual do sujeito. Os objetivos espec?ficos buscaram identificar os fatores perceptivos da estrutura de personalidade de sujeitos com TEA; contribuir para o entendimento de tal s?ndrome, visando o estabelecimento de poss?veis interven??es terap?uticas a partir do Psicodiagn?stico do Rorschach e, verificar a adequa??o do referido m?todo como instrumento de avalia??o de caracter?sticas de personalidade de sujeitos com TEA e poss?veis uso no Brasil, a partir de resultados normativos preliminares. Os participantes foram pareados individualmente por sexo e idade totalizando 44 adolescentes, jovens e adultos de ambos os sexos, na faixa et?ria de 14 a 39 anos (m?dia: 23,5 anos) distribu?dos em 2 grupos. Grupo 1 composto por 22 adolescentes,jovens e adultos com diagn?stico cl?nico do espectro autista (dificuldades na comunica??o, intera??o social, atividades e interesses restritos e repetitivos); Grupo 2 constitu?do de 22 adolescentes, jovens e adultos com comportamento t?pico e escolaridade compat?vel ao primeiro grupo. As an?lises foram obtidas por meio dos testes estat?sticos Mann-Whitney e Wilcoxon para verifica??o das poss?veis diferen?as, considerando vari?veis sociodemogr?ficas. Os resultados apontam para um interesse restrito ou mesmo dificuldade na express?o da intera??o s?cio-afetivas dos sujeitos com TEA. Ressalta-se, por?m, a necessidade de estudos acerca da avalia??o de caracter?sticas de personalidade de sujeitos com TEA visando uma melhor compreens?o do dinamismo ps?quico desses de modo a fornecer subs?dios que possam somar-se as t?cnicas diagn?sticas j? existentes, sendo o M?todo de Rorschach uma possibilidade de caracteriza??o de express?o da personalidade