Distortion in paranoid schizophrenia

Subjects of this study were 27 paranoid schizophrenics and 27 normals. Each subject read 4 short stories describing hypothetical people and also a word-selection checklist. After reading each story, the subject did a motor task for 5 minutes. He was then asked to check all the words on the list he w...

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Published in:Journal of Consulting Psychology 1953-02, Vol.17 (1), p.50-53
Main Authors: Daston, Paul G, King, Gerald F, Armitage, Stewart G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Human
Humans
Old Medline
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Perceptual Distortion
Schizophrenia - psychology
Schizophrenia, Paranoid
Schizophrenic Psychology
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Summary:Subjects of this study were 27 paranoid schizophrenics and 27 normals. Each subject read 4 short stories describing hypothetical people and also a word-selection checklist. After reading each story, the subject did a motor task for 5 minutes. He was then asked to check all the words on the list he would use to describe the person in the story he had read. "Distortion" (the checking of a word which was inconsistent with the given trait pattern of a story) was significantly greater in the schizophrenic group and more variable than in the normal group.
ISSN:0095-8891
0022-006X
1946-1887
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/h0060377