Primary Process Content in Paranoid Schizophrenic Speech

Free speech samples given by paranoid schizophrenics, nonschizophrenic paranoids, and nonpsychotic psychiatric patients were submitted to computerized content analysis. Speech samples were searched for words belonging to the Regressive Imagery Dictionary (Martindale, 1975), which yields a well-valid...

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Published in:The Journal of genetic psychology 1988-12, Vol.149 (4), p.547-553
Main Authors: West, Alan N., Martindale, Colin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Humans
Imagination
Medical sciences
Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Regression (Psychology)
Schizophrenia, Paranoid - psychology
Schizophrenic Language
Semantics
Thinking
Verbal Behavior
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Summary:Free speech samples given by paranoid schizophrenics, nonschizophrenic paranoids, and nonpsychotic psychiatric patients were submitted to computerized content analysis. Speech samples were searched for words belonging to the Regressive Imagery Dictionary (Martindale, 1975), which yields a well-validated measure of primary process content. Three word-concreteness dictionaries were also employed. Compared to the other groups, paranoid schizophrenics produced speech higher in primary process content as well as in transitive verb concreteness. Results are consistent with psychoanalytic theory.
ISSN:0022-1325
1940-0896
DOI:10.1080/00221325.1988.10532180