What is R-PAS?
The Rorschach Performance Assessment System® (R-PAS®) is an approach to using the Rorschach inkblot test in applied practice. R-PAS grounds the Rorschach in its evidence base, improves its normative foundation, integrates international findings, reduces examiner variability, and increases utility. All while maintaining clinical richness and keeping the needs of the new learner in mind. It is was developed by Gregory Meyer, Donald Viglione, Joni Mihura, Robert Erard, and Philip Erdberg, along with Fabiano Miguel.
Our goal is to have a clinically rich, evidence-based, logically transparent, user-friendly, internationally-focused system of behavioral assessment with inkblot stimuli that is available for applied practice and generates sound inferences. Towards this end, R-PAS provides everything one needs to conduct an individualized Rorschach assessment, including:
- evidence-based variable selection
- detailed guidelines for test administration
- concise procedures to optimize the number of responses
- basic rules and advanced guidelines for coding responses
- detailed guidelines for clarifying coding uncertainties
- new internationally-based normative reference values
- form quality tables that emphasize both accuracy and conventionality
- data presentation using easy-to-read graphs of percentile-based standard scores
- case-based interpretive guides that can be downloaded and edited
- the ability to adjust for protocol complexity to see what stands out as distinctive
- scoring using any web-enabled platform
- translations underway into many languages
On this web page you can find links to the introductory chapter and Table of Contents from our complete 534-page Manual. Published in August 2011, the manual includes information on administration, coding, interpretation, and technical psychometric issues. You will also find a link to an early presentation from the 2011 APA Convention that provides a brief overview of R-PAS. For those who want more information, manuals can be ordered here, free accounts can be obtained here, and R-PAS related research and scholarship can be obtained here. If you are interested in making the transition from other systems to R-PAS, we offer two free 3-hour webinars for account holders. Please explore. We hope you like what you learn.
R-PAS Authors
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Gregory J. MeyerCo-Author
University of Toledo -
Donald J. ViglioneCo-Author
Alliant International University - San Diego -
Joni L. MihuraCo-Author
University of Toledo -
Robert E. ErardCo-Author
July 5, 1955 - Sep 26, 2016 -
Philip ErdbergCo-Author
Dec 5, 1942 - April 23, 2023 -
Luciano GirominiCo-Author
Università degli Studi di Torino -
Benjamin A. RubinCo-Author
Measured Minds LLC
Research & Development Group
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Anthony BramMember
Cambridge Health Alliance -
Cato GrønnerødMember
University of Oslo -
Jessica LipkindMember
Private Practice -
Corine de RuiterMember
Maastricht University -
Giselle PianowskiMember
Universidade São Francisco (USF)
Resource Team
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Maarten VanhoylandResearch Assistant
Psychodiagnostisch Centrum -
Ruam PimentelResearch Assistant
The University of Toledo -
Kim GörnerResearch Assistant
The University of Toledo
Co-Authors of Manual Chapters or Sections
- Robert F. Bornstein, Ramona Dumitrascu, Nicolae Dumitrascu, Elizabeth Koonce, Helena Lunazzi,
- Fatima Miralles, Regina Sonia Gattas Fernandes do Nascimento, Ricardo Primi, Norma Lottenberg Semer,
- Serge Sultan, Yoriko Takahashi, Anna Elisa de Villemor-Amaral, and Latife Yazigi
Research Collaborators
Normative Data
- Argentina
- Helena Ana Lunazzi, Maria Inés Urrutia, Marta García de La Fuente, Diana Elias, Favia Fernandez, & Soledad de La Fuente
- Belgium
- Christian Mormont, Maud Thommessen, & Céline Kever
- Brazil
- Regina Sonia Gattas do Nascimento, Latife Yazigi, Anna Elisa de Villemor-Amaral, & Ricardo Primi
- Denmark
- Jan Ivanouw
- Finland
- Carl-Erik Mattlar, Camilla Forsander, Anette Carlsson, Laila Norrlund, Päivi Vesala, Tarja Leppänen, Ann-Sofi Öist, Juhani Mäki, & Erkki Alanen
- France
- Serge Sultan, Anne Andronikof, Damien Fouques, Gilles Lemmel, Christian Mormont, Christian Réveillère, & Thomas Saïas
- Greece
- Stamatia Daroglou & Donald J. Viglione
- Israel
- Ety Berant
- Italy
- Adriana Lis, Laura Parolin, Silvia Salcuni, & Alessandro Zennaro
- Portugal
- António Pires
- Romania
- Nicolae Dumitrascu
- Spain
- Vera Campo & Nancy Vilar
- United States
- John E. Exner, Thomas W. Shaffer, Philip Erdberg, & John Haroian; Don Viglione et al.
Form Accuracy Ratings: Translation and/or Leading Data Collection
- Brazil (in Portuguese) Latife Yazigi, Regina Sonia Gattas Fernandes do Nascimento, and Anna Elisa de Villemor-Amaral
- China (in Mandarin) Wei-Cheng (Wilson) Hsiao
- Finland (partially in Finnish) Heikki Toivakka
- Israel Shira Tibon and Lily Rothschild
- Italy Adriana Lis and Silvia Salcuni
- Japan (in Japanese) Namiko Nihashi
- Portugal (in Portuguese) Danilo Silva
- Romania Elena Vladislav and Nicolae Dumitrascu
- Taiwan (in Mandarin) Wen-So Su and Wei-Cheng (Wilson) Hsiao
- Turkey Tanya Ozbey
- US Helpers Janelle Mason and Katrina Patrick
General Research Contributions, Typically in Multiple Ways
- Leah Abraham, George Bombel, Christina Boudreaux, Daniel B. Charek, Gregory L. Converse,
- Kristin L. Dean, Elisa Delvecchio, Nicolae Dumitrascu, Joshua J. Eblin, Kirstin Filizetti, Luciano Giromini,
- Robert A. Graceffo, Sandra L. Horn, Wei-Cheng (Wilson) Hsiao, Ryan Jordan, Nicholas J. Katko,
- Elizabeth Koonce, Joseph M. McCullaugh, Raeanne C. Moore, Tonya Oliver, G. Tanya Ozbey,
- Katrina Patrick, Ana Christina Resende, Christina Saltman, Michael L. Stanfill, Wen-So Su, and
- Andrew Williams
Contributors
Assistance with the Manual (Editing, Formatting, or Scoring) or Protocol Management
- Christina Boudreaux, Sarah Carpenter, Eva Christiansen, Elizabeth Crawford, Ramona Dumitrascu,
- Nicolae Dumitrascu, Sara Greene, Danielle Hammer, Gregory Keith, Christine Kimmel, Jonathan Kruse,
- Amy Blume-Marcovici, Heidi Miller, Andrew Williams, and Lauren Wunderlich
Translations of the Website and Scoring Program (More are coming)
- Chinese (Traditional) - Wei-Cheng (Wilson) Hsiao
- Chinese (Simplified) - Wei-Cheng (Wilson) Hsiao
- Czech - Michal Pernicka
- Danish - Michael Gillman
- Dutch - Koen Dols
- Hebrew - Ety Berant and Giora Zakin
- Italian - Elisa Delvechhio and Silvia Salcuni
- Japanese - Mariko Takahashi
- Norwegian - Cato Grønnerød
- Portuguese (Brazilian) - Fabiano K. Miguel and Giselle Pianowski
- South American Spanish - Giselle Hass
- Swedish - Thomas Rosén
- Turkish - Tanya Ozbey (in progress)