Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This issue marks the beginning of a new phase in the publication history of Rorschachiana.In January 2025, with Volume 46, the journal transitioned from a traditional subscription-based publishing model to an open-access publishing model.The open access publication of the journal is supported by the International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods (ISR), allowing a quota of waivers for the article processing charges for corresponding authors who are members of the ISR or one of the national member associations.Originally published as the Yearbook of the International Rorschach Society for 28 volumes, the publication turned into a journal with the name Rorschachiana in 2008.In the following 17 years, through Volume 45, the journal appeared in two issues per year accompanied by a printed annual compendium.Irving Weiner, Anne Andronikof, Sadegh Nashat, and Lionel Chudzik, past editors of Rorschachiana, need to be acknowledged for the work they put into the journal over the years.Moving the journal to an open-access publishing model sends a strong message to the scientific community: It shows that the Rorschach field is thriving, ready to tackle the challenges of a cultural environment in which direct access to knowledge is crucial.This transition provides high visibility to the journal and grants quick access to research findings on the Rorschach and to examples of the Rorschach's clinical utility.It directly underpins the goal of the journal to be a high-quality outlet for studies in such a niche field as the Rorschach and projective methodsboth vital components of psychological assessment.In this first issue, readers will find a blend of novelty and tradition in Rorschach research.Piero Porcelli's article (2025, in this issue) reviews the historical development of the human movement determinant anddrawing on recent research outlines a model for interpreting responses along a continuum ranging from psychological freezing to empathic ability and perspective-taking, culminating in florid psychotic-like processes.This article provides an ideal framework for Tomer Miron's contribution (2025, in this issue), which presents a study of features associated with traumatic processes as they emerge in human movement responses.The author applies a new variable for the test to two children who experienced dramatic forms of abuse to specifically target how human movement reflects such experiences.Our hope is that this variable will be tested in future studies.
Author: Filippo Aschieri
Institution: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4408574737