Effect of test order on Rorschach human and movement responses

Clinicians have traditionally tended to administer the Rorschach last in a test battery, despite some concern that projectives may be particularly susceptible to the influence of immediately preceding stimuli, including other tests. Research in this area has suffered from methodological problems and has produced equivocal results. In the present study the effect of administration of the Hand Test immediately before or immediately after the Rorschach was investigated. Each group consisted of 50 subjects, both children and adults, and matched for age, sex, IQ, examiner, and responsivity on the Rorschach. There were no significant differences on any of the Rorschach categories investigated between subjects who received the Rorschach first and those who received the Hand Test first. This suggests that the Rorschach may not be as susceptible to test order effects as some have feared.