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Discriminating borderline from neurotic patients. A study with the Holtzman Inkblot Technique. 1990

F Leichsenring

Institute of Psychology, University of Göttingen, FRG.

The present study tried to separate 30 hospitalized borderline and 30 hospitalized neurotic patients by indicators of deviant thinking. Kolb and Gunderson's diagnostic interview for borderlines and the Holtzman Inkblot Technique (HIT) were applied as diagnostic instruments. It was possible to separate the two groups by the more severe degrees of deviant thinking with relatively high values for sensitivity and specificity (83 and 93%). If these results can be corroborated in cross-validations with independent samples, the HIT would be a very useful instrument for the discrimination of the two diagnostic groups.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007282	Ink Blot Tests	Projective tests utilizing ink blots to which a subject responds. They are used in personality diagnosis.	Blot Test, Ink,Blot Tests, Ink,Ink Blot Test,Test, Ink Blot,Tests, Ink Blot
D008297	Male		Males
D009497	Neurotic Disorders	Disorders in which the symptoms are distressing to the individual and recognized by him or her as being unacceptable. Social relationships may be greatly affected but usually remain within acceptable limits. The disturbance is relatively enduring or recurrent without treatment.	Neuroses,Psychoneuroses,Disorder, Neurotic,Disorders, Neurotic,Neurotic Disorder
D011594	Psychometrics	Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures.	Psychometric
D001883	Borderline Personality Disorder	A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV)	Personality Disorder, Borderline,Disorder, Borderline Personality,Borderline Personality Disorders,Disorders, Borderline Personality,Personality Disorders, Borderline
D005260	Female		Females
D006698	Holtzman Inkblot Test	Personality evaluation based on the scoring of several variables as a result of the subject's responses in perceiving 47 inkblot plates.	Inkblot Test, Holtzman,Test, Holtzman Inkblot
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013850	Thinking	Mental activity that is not predominantly perceptual by which one apprehends some aspect of an object or situation based on past learning and experience.	Critical Thinking,Thinking Skills,Thought,Thinking Skill,Thinking, Critical,Thoughts