Abstract
The Development of Personality as Related to the Marital Status in Nepalese Culture as Revealed by the Rorschach Responses
S. Thapa
The study was undertaken to examine the personality development of Nepalese culture in terms of their sex and marital status. A group of 120 subjects of the Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu was administered: Rorschach ink-blot test individually. It was found that the married male and female subjects as compared to their unmarried male and female counterparts were significantly different in their personality characteristics. The results indicated significant differences on W, D, Dd, and Do and S responses between the two groups of subjects. The findings of the study, therefore were interpreted in terms of classical theory indicating some problems of personality adjustment. As such, it was suggested that a further study would be conducted on the psychiatric patients undergoing treatment and representing the same culture for a more meaningful analysis of the data. However, irrespective of group difference in their apperceptive mode the sample showed some adjustment problems according to classical interpretation in the Nepalese culture.