Stimulus Features of the Object Relations Technique Affecting the Linguistic Qualities of Individuals' Narratives.
Object Relations Technique
Projective test determinants
Referential activity
Reorganization function
Stimulus features
Journal
Journal of psycholinguistic research
ISSN: 1573-6555
Titre abrégé: J Psycholinguist Res
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0333506
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
accepted:
06
01
2021
pubmed:
23
1
2021
medline:
14
10
2021
entrez:
22
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Previous studies on projective techniques have investigated the effects of variation in stimulus features on individuals' response behavior. In particular, the influence of chromatic colors and form definition on the images elicited by the stimuli has been tested. Most studies have focused on the Rorschach and TAT and have examined effects in terms of variables such as reality testing and reactions to perceptual details. This is the first study to examine the effects of variation in visual stimuli as represented in features of the Object Relations Technique (ORT) cards on linguistic indicators of connection to emotional experience using measures of the referential process. The ORT was administered to 207 Italian non-clinical participants to explore effects of color, form and content variation on language style. The sample was stratified by age, gender, marital status and education to be representative of the Italian population. The stories told in response to the card images were rated using computerized linguistic measures, including the Weighted Referential Activity Dictionary-Italian version (IWRAD) which indicates the degree to which language is connected to nonverbal experience, and the Weighted Reflection/Reorganization List-Italian version (IWRRL) which detects a linguistic style of personal re-elaboration of emotional experience. The results provide support for the color-affect and form-reality testing hypotheses. Cards with better form definition, including color definition, and with fewer silhouettes of people elicited responses that were higher in IWRAD and lower in IWRRL, and also higher in the degree to which the two measures varied together. Implications of the results for use of ORT in clinical assessment and intervention are discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33481158
doi: 10.1007/s10936-021-09764-5
pii: 10.1007/s10936-021-09764-5
pmc: PMC7940262
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Types de publication
Journal Article
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eng
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