AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FORM LEVEL RATINGS ON THE RORSCHACH AND LEARNING-DISABILITY STATUS

Previous studies of White, middle-class children with learning disabil ities have shown that these youngsters tend to obtain form level ratin gs on the Rorschach that are significantly lower than would be expecte d based on Exner's (1974, 1993) normative data. Ln the current study, these findings were replicated and extended with a slightly older, urb an, primarily minority population. The form level ratings of the young sters tested in the current study were similar to those obtained in th e past and suggest that a youngster's age, ethnicity, and lower socioe conomic status do not play major roles in bringing about the lower for m level ratings of children with learning disabilities. The clinical i mplications of these findings are discussed, as are suggestions for fu ture research.