Italian normative data on children, adolescents and adults: a new contribution to Exner's Comprehensive System

Exner’s Comprehensive System is one of the most validated method to score and interpret the Rorschach test. Although Exner supports that his system has a cross-cultural characteristics, many recent contributions suggest that some differences in normative data can be checked above all in European countries. For some years now, our group is carrying out a wide research project aimed at collecting normative data on Italian population. First results of this work where already presented in previous meeting (such as IRC in Amsterdam, 1999, and SPA in Philadelphia, 2001). The aim of this paper is to present an extension of our normative data in a non-clinical sample respectively of children, adolescents, adults. Moreover we would like to present first data in some clinical samples (depressed and anorexic patients). Although research is organised by the authors cited above the title, many other colleagues are participating in the collections, scoring and processing of the data: F. Zanatta, S. Salcuni, L.Parolin, C. Vettorello, V.Vallone.