Rorschach Aggressive Content (AgC) Variable: A Study Of Validity

Aggression is a common behavior of human being. By reviewing psychological literatures on aggression, This paper first recounts the definitions, theories and research methods of aggression, and then demonstrates Rorschach Tests' advantages of detecting aggression which has also been illuminated in many other researches. After making references to many researches of Rorschach Tests' Aggression Variables, this experiment samples normal undergraduate students to confirm the reliability of Aggression Variables, and to assess the validity of the Aggression Content Variable(AgC) that is most frequently presented in the Tests. The main point of this research is to get the Criterion-related Validity of AgC by taking two Self-report questionnaires as the criterion: AQ and BDHI.Results from a sample of 106 undergraduates shows: (1) Rorschach Tests' Aggression Variables have a good reliability;(2)Score of the variable AgC has high correlation with the scores of two Self-report questionnaires, and AgC is the single variable which can explain the variance of Self-report questionnaire and distinguish a person who is high or low aggressive;(3)Male undergraduates scoring high than female both in AgC, AQ and BDHI, especially in body aggression;(4)There is no big deference between different ages and majors.