JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT, 1989, 53(1), 184-187 Copyright @ 1989, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Correlates of the Egocentricity Index in Child and Adolescent Outpatients Allen J. Duricko Comprehensive Assessment Consultants John C. Norcross Comprehensive Assessment Consultants University of Scranton Russel D. Buskirk University of Scranton This study examined the Rorschach and MMPI covariates of Exner's Egocentricity Index, 3r + (2): R, in a sample of child and adolescent outpatients (n = 46). Consistent with previous findings on adult psychiatric inpatients (Barley, Dorr, & Reid, 1985), significant positive correlations were obtained between the Index and M, FM, X + %, and D when controlled for the number of protocol responses. The Egocentricity Index was negatively associated with lambda and, in a subsample of adolescents (n = 19), depression scores. The index bore no significant relationship to either Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) validity or clinical scales, also congruent with earlier investigations. Implications for the interpreta- tion of childrens' Egocentricity Indices are discussed. The Exner (1974, 1978) Comprehensive Rorschach System produces an Ego- centricity Index defined as 3r + (2):R, where r = the number of reflection responses, (2) = the number of pair answers, and R = the total number of responses in the protocol. This ratio provides an index of self-concern, self- focusing, or egocentricity. Early findings (Exner, 1969, 1973, 1974) suggested that an excessively high- or low-index may accompany psychopathological states, and that improvement from these conditions was characterized by a level of egocentricity which is more consistent with that found in nonpatient records. Depressed adults increased their number of pair and reflection responses as they experienced clinical improvement, whereas unimproved groups stayed essen- tially the same on these responses (Exner, 1974).