Diz-me o que vês, dir-te-ei como te relacionas: Teste de Rorschach e teoria da vinculação

• Autor(a) principal: Joana Cabral Almeida
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/141535
• topic: Psicologia; Psychology

The Attachment Theory (AT) means the "propensity of human beings to establish strong affective bonds with others". The attachment system is active "from the cradle to the grave" and is associated with behaviours and thoughts related to the search for closeness in situations of need, aimed at others perceived as a source of support, comfort and security - the attachment figures. The nature of dynamic internal models of representation of the self and others is largely influenced by the quality of the first experiences between the child and the caregiver. The diversity of these experiences gives rise to the so-called attachment styles (secure, preoccupied, dismissing and fearful). Thus, these styles reveal themselves as an important framework for understanding the personality patterns that develop from the child-caregiver interaction, and which will, in turn, be reflected in the relationships of the person cared for in their adult life. There appear to be components of attachment that can be measured using the Rorschach Test (RT), a projective personality assessment test. The variables of this test that seem to be most significantly associated with AT constructs are texture, human content, and oral dependence responses. The main objective of this study is to understand how these variables are associated with attachment style, assessed using the Adult Attachment Scale and a semi-structured interview. The sample is composed of 15 participants, with a mean age of 23 years (M=23.53; SD=2.88). The results generated by the cross-analysis of the 3 instruments seem to point to a relationship between the absence of texture responses and the attachment style, either fearful or dismissing; regarding responses with human content, a lower amplitude and frequency of the number of these responses, fewer responses considered positive and more responses considered negative; fewer pure Human (H) responses and Good Human Responses (GHRs) for the group with insecure attachment styles, when compared to the group with secure attachment; and, finally, regarding responses with oral content, a low frequency of these in the group with dismissing attachment style compared to other insecure attachment styles. In conclusion, the importance of conducting future research using the Rorschach Test on the topic of attachment is underlined, especially with participants who reveal attachment styles within the spectrum of insecurity.