The Rorschach with hospice cancer patients and surviving cancer patients

Two groups, terminally ill hospice female lung and breast cancer patients and surviving female lung and breast cancer patients (mean age = 74.3 years), were given the Rorschach to discern the underlying personality structure. The hospice patients were found to be withdrawn, anxious, depressed, and unable to express their deep, fearful emotions. The surviving patients met life and death head-on and seemed richer for the experience.