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The Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank Test: Presented by DR - Syeda Razia Bukhari

The Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (RISB) is a projective test used to assess adjustment and identify issues. It consists of 40 sentence stems that subjects complete. Responses are scored on a scale of 0-6 based on level of conflict, positivity, or neutrality expressed. Scoring focuses on areas like family attitudes, social attitudes, general attitudes, and character traits. The RISB takes about 20 minutes to administer and has been found to have good reliability and validity in differentiating adjusted and maladjusted individuals.

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The Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank Test: Presented by DR - Syeda Razia Bukhari

The Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (RISB) is a projective test used to assess adjustment and identify issues. It consists of 40 sentence stems that subjects complete. Responses are scored on a scale of 0-6 based on level of conflict, positivity, or neutrality expressed. Scoring focuses on areas like family attitudes, social attitudes, general attitudes, and character traits. The RISB takes about 20 minutes to administer and has been found to have good reliability and validity in differentiating adjusted and maladjusted individuals.

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THE ROTTER

INCOMPLETE SENTENCES
BLANK TEST

Presented by
DR.SYEDA RAZIA BUKHARI
PURPOSE OF THE RISB
 The Rotter incomplete sentence blank is an attempt
to standardize the sentence completion method for
the use at college level. 
 Forty stems are completed by the subject. These
completions are then scored by comparing them
against typical items in empirically derived scoring
manuals for men and women and by assigning to
each response a scale value from
0 to 6. The total score is an index of
maladjustment.
ADMINISTRATION
INSTRUCTION
Complete these sentences to express your real feelings.
Try to do every one. Be sure to make a complete sentence.

1. I like... 11. A mother………
2. The happiest time….. 12. I feel…………
3. I wantto know……… 13. My great fear……………
4. Back home……… 14. In high school………
5. I regret……… 15. I can’t………
6. At bedtime ………… 16. Sports…………
7. Boys……… 17. When I was child………
8. The best……… 18. My nerves…………
9. What annoys me……… 19. Other people……………
10. People………… 20. I suffer……………
21. I failed…… 31. This school…………
22. Reading……… 32. I am very………
23. My mind……………… 33. The only trouble…………
24. The future…………… 34. I wish…………
25. I need…………… 35. My father………
26. Marriage……………… 36. I secretly………
27. I am best when………… 37. I……………
28. Sometimes…………… 38. Dancing…………
29. What pains me………… 39. My greatest
30. I hate…………… worry is………
40. Most girls…………
The approximate average time for administration is 20
minutes.
DEVELOPMENT
 The Incomplete Sentence Blank consists of forty
items revised from a form used by Rotter and
Willerman (11) in the army. This form was, in turn,
a revision of blanks used by Shor (15), Hutt (5),
and Holzberg (4) at the Mason General Hospital.
  It comes in three forms i.e. school form, college
form, adult form for different age groups, 
 Two objectives were kept in mind.

 One view it is economical from the point of


administration and scoring. 

  A second goal was to obtain information of rather


specific diagnostic value for treatment purposes.
THE SENTENCE COMPLETION METHOD ADVANTAGES

 A semi structured projective techniques


 Reflect wishes and desires and attitude
 Method of analysis is more similar to TAT
 Subject could respond in any way he desire
 Good/bad is not apparent from question
 Group administration is relatively efficient
 Objective as well as subjective scoring
DISADVANTAGES

 May susceptible to semi objective scoring, require


general knowledge and personality analysis.
 Test sophisticated subject
 Insufficient material is obtained from illiterate,
uncooperative subject.
RELIABILITY & VALIDITY

 In a study of the reliability and validity of the


Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank, among the
results obtained were the following: " high
interscorer agreement was found among scorers
who had relatively little psychological training as
well as who had no psychological training. It is
more valid than TAT.
SCORING THE RISB
SCORING PRINCIPLES
1. Omission Responses
2. Conflict Responses
3. Positive Responses
4. Neutral Responses

Omission Responses
 Omission responses are designated as those for which no answer
is given or for which the thought is incomplete.
 Omission and fragments are scored, it might be thought that
omission responses are representative of psychological blocks
and therefore maladjustments. For example “what annoys
me…….. Is for someone……..” “I suffer……..
From……..”
 Unevaluated item are prorated by the formula
= 40/40-2 x total score
= 40/38 x 117
= 123.16
 If there are more than 20 omissions the paper is
considered unscoreable for all practical purposes.
CONFLICT RESPONSES
 “C” or Conflict responses are those indicating an
unhealthy or maladjusted frame of mind.
 These include hostility reaction, pessimism,
hopelessness, suicidal wishes, statement of unhappy
experiences and indication of past maladjustment
e.g “I hate ……. almost every one”.
“People….….. destroy what they build”.
 Responses Range
 The range from C1 to C3 according to the severity
of the conflict or maladjustment. The numerical
rate for the conflict responses are
C1 = 4, C2 = 5 and C3 = 6
 C1 responses concerned is expressed
regarding
 States of affairs, financial problem, School
difficulties, physical complaints.

e.g “The only trouble…… is financial”

“I suffer…….. from sinus”.


 C2 Broader or more generalized difficulties than C1
 Expression of inferiority
 Feeling of inadequacy

e.g “Other people…. don’t seem to be very impressed


with me”

“My greatest worry is….…. I will be fail to attend my


goal in life”
 C3 Suicidal wishes, fear of insecurity, insanity,
strong negative attitude towards positive general
population.

e.g “some time…. I think people watch me”

“I regret…. that I might not be able to


make a normal sexual adjustment”.
POSITIVE RESPONSES
 “P” or positive, responses are those indicating a
healthy or hopeful frame of mind. These are
evidenced by humorous, optimistic responses, and
acceptance reactions.
e.g “What annoys me….. are people who squeeze
the toothpaste tube in the middle”.
Responses Range The range from P1 to P3
depending on the degree of good adjustment the
numerical weights for the positive responses are
P1 = 2, P2 = 1 and P3 = 0
 P1 Positive attitude towards school hobbies, sports,
warm feeling towards some individual e.g “I like…..
Sports”. “people……. are interesting”
 P2 Generalize positive feeling, good social
adjustment, healthy family life. e.g “I am
best…….when I am with people”. “the best……women
is my wife”.
 P3 Humor real optimism, warm acceptance e.g “I
like…… a great many things”. “I regret……I couldn’t
pay attention to my studies”.
 Neutral Responses

 “N” or neutral responses are those not falling


clearly into either of the above category generally
on simple description level, stereotype, expression
of common cultural chinches.
 Lacking, emotional positive or personal
references.
 Maladjusted and adjusted individual but clinical
judgment could not place in either “C” or “P” group e.g
“My greatest fear………. i have no fear” Would
probably fall into a “P” category. However, the response
is essentially one of conflict and given by maladjusted
individuals. Another example “I am best…... when
happy” which is not rated as “P” but rather “C” because
of the implication that is not a frequent occurrence.

 Neutral Response Indication


 “N” responses are scored by 3.
INDEPENDENT SCORING OF ITEMS
 In some cases a response refers directly to a
previous item and it would not be able
reasonable to score it independently of the
first. In such instances previous response
must be used in the evaluation of the later
one e.g “I wish he were dead” in one record
whenever in another “the only trouble….. Is I
wish I could forget I will be like my father”
EXTREME WEIGHT

 Examples are not given for extreme weights

(0 or 6) in some items usually because extreme


responses to those are rare.
ANALYSIS
 Familial Attitude:
 Item no: 35, 11, 26, 4

(0 – 24)
 Social Attitudes and Sexual Attitudes:

 Item no: 5, 19, 33, 13, 9, 14, 29

(0 – 42)
 General Attitudes:

 Item no: 2, 8, 10, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24, 28, 29, 31, 33, 38, 40

(0 – 84)
Character Traits:
Item no: 12, 9, 24, 25, 37, 20
(0 – 36)
Thank
You

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