Abstract

The present study is purposed to identify and differentiate between manic group(N=75) and schizophrenic group(N=77) on Rorschach responses. Rorschach was administered, scored, and analyzed by Exner's comprehensive system(1986). Manic group consisted of hypomania(N=7), bipolar disorder, manic without psychotic features(N=52), and bipolar disorder, manic with psychotic features including schizoaffective, manic type(N=16). Schizophrenic group consisted of schizophrenia, paranoid type(N=26) and schizophrenia, ocher type(N=51). In 70 variables proposed by Exner, manic group was scored higher than schizophrenic group on 14 variables(R, P, W, FQo, M, Ma, FM, a, Wgt Sum C, Sum C', Zf, EA, es, X＋%), but was scored lower on 4 variables(X-%, SCZI, SUM6 SP SC, WSUM6 SP SC). 9 variables(R, P, Ma, a, Sum C', es, X-%, SUM6 SP SC, WSUM6 SP SC) well discriminate these two groups. Further, manic disorder with psychotic features subgroup(MP subgroup) was compared to schizophrenia, paranoid subgroup(SP subgroup) on the same 70 variables. MP subgroup was scored higher than SP subgroup on 10 variables(R, W, DQv, FQo, Ma, a, CF, Wgt Sum C, Primary content, All H), but was scored lower on 2 variables(S-CON, DEPI). These results suggested that manic group showed more active thinking and affective responses but less cognitive slippage than schizophrenic group, and that MP subgroup showed more active thinking, pleasant affective responses, and concern to human relationship than SP subgroup, but cognitive slippage was not different in these two subgroups.