Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: CLARICE ALVES DE ALMEIDA BECKMANN

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : CLARICE ALVES DE ALMEIDA BECKMANN
DATE: 22/12/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: https://bit.ly/3THhW5d
TITLE:

Association between Cognitive Skills and the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in remote and in-person administration in adolescents and elderly people

KEY WORDS:

psychological assessment; Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS); cognitive abilities; aging; remote
assessment

PAGES: 39
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUMMARY:

The Rorschach test is a psychological tool that, based on an individual's responses to inkblots,
offers information about their personality, emotions and cognitive functioning. The test response process
involves several phases, such as perception, identification of elements, refinement and selection of
responses, making it possible to evaluate cognitive functions such as attention, intelligence, perception,
visuospatial skills, abstract reasoning, problem solving, memory and decision making, in addition to
verbal skills. Studies show positive correlations between Rorschach responses and perceptual organization
skills, visuospatial processing and cognitive functions such as memory. Educational level is a significant
factor in score variations, with cognitive complexity being influenced by this factor. When analyzing
different age groups, children and adolescents tend to produce more complex protocols, while the
relationship between aging and Rorschach responses – in the case of adults – is inconclusive. Studies
show associations between dementia processes and variables that measure engagement and cognitive
processing in the test. Another aspect that can interfere with the response to the Rorschach test is the
method of application. With the increased use of remote tools, an application was developed for the
remote application of R-PAS, with positive preliminary results. Remote assessments have been shown to
be equivalent to in-person assessments, but acceptance by different population groups, such as the elderly,
still requires further investigation. Thus, this doctoral thesis addresses the association of cognitive
abilities, namely intelligence, attention, memory and executive functions, in the results of the Rorschach
Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in different age groups, with a special focus on adolescents and
the elderly. The growing concern about population aging, combined with the scarcity of studies in this
context, motivates research, which also aims to fill gaps, mainly in the Latin American scenario. The
general objective of the thesis is to investigate the consistency between data obtained through the
traditional and remote application of R-PAS in a non-clinical sample of elderly people, in addition to
examining the relationship between R-PAS variables and cognitive abilities in samples of teenagers and
the elderly. To achieve these objectives, the thesis is organized into three articles. The first study analyzes
the association between the R-PAS variables and the subtests of the Abbreviated Wechsler Intelligence
Scale in adolescents. The second article explores the relationship between the R-PAS variables and the
scores of a battery of cognitive tests (intelligence, attention, memory and executive functions) in elderly
people. Finally, the third article evaluates the equivalence between data obtained through the traditional
and remote application of R-PAS in elderly people. Expected results include significant insights into the
relationship between cognitive abilities and R-PAS in different age groups, highlighting the feasibility and
validity of remote application of R-PAS. Ultimately, the thesis seeks to contribute to the advancement of
geropsychology, improve the understanding of R-PAS and encourage remote use, promoting the
democratization of access to psychological assessment services

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - ANA CRISTINA RESENDE - PUC-GO
Externa à Instituição - IRANI IRACEMA DE LIMA ARGIMON - PUCRS
Externo ao Programa - 2668625 - JOSEMBERG MOURA DE ANDRADE - nullPresidente - 1004018 - SERGIO EDUARDO SILVA DE OLIVEIRA