Resumen:Investigated possible differential diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic feminine sterility, and assessed psychopathology among 63 women referred to a university hospital gynecology department with a diagnosis of primary sterility. The women were studied via psychiatric interview, clinical psychiatric history, and projective testings (Rorschach test, Thematic Apperception Test [TAT], and Figure Drawing Test). On the basis of these measures, 24 women were classified as having nonpsychosomatic sterility, while 39 women were classified as having psychosomatic sterility. Among the latter group, 26 of the 39 women manifested indications of personality disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–III), and the remaining 13 women manifested indications of histrionic personality disturbance. Thus, results suggest that there are 2 basic forms of psychosomatic sterility.