Journal article
VERBAL ASSOCIATIVE STABILITY AND COMMONALITY AS A FUNCTION OF STRESS IN SCHIZOPHRENICS, NEUROTICS, AND NORMALS
Journal of consulting psychology, Vol.31(2), pp.181-187
04/1967
DOI: 10.1037/h0024441
PMID: 6042054
Abstract
4 ASSOCIATIONS TO EACH OF 16 STIMULUS WORDS, 8 JUDGED TO BE ANXIETY WORDS AND 8 NEUTRAL WORDS, WERE OBTAINED UNDER RELAXED AND TIME-PRESSURE CONDITIONS FROM EACH OF 40 SCHIZOPHRENICS, 32 NEUROTICS, AND 27 NORMALS ON 2 SUCCESSIVE DAYS. SCHIZOPHRENICS AND NEUROTICS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS STABLE THAN NORMALS IN THEIR ASSOCIATIONS, AND SCHIZOPHRENICS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS STABLE THAN NEUROTICS IN THEIR RESPONSES TO ANXIETY WORDS. TIME PRESSURE MADE SCHIZOPHRENICS EVEN LESS STABLE AND NEUROTICS MORE STABLE. THE ASSOCIATIONS OF SCHIZOPHRENICS WERE MORE UNCOMMON THAN THOSE OF NEUROTICS OR NORMALS. ALL GROUPS GAVE MORE UNCOMMON RESPONSES WHEN RESPONDING TO ANXIETY WORDS AS COMPARED TO CONTROL WORDS. THE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT A PARTIAL DISORGANIZATION OF VERBAL HABITS IS AN ASPECT OF SCHIZOPHRENIC THOUGHT DISTURBANCE, AND THE RESULTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH A RESPONSE-STRENGTH CEILING INTERPRETATION OF THIS DISORGANIZATION. (19 REF.)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- VERBAL ASSOCIATIVE STABILITY AND COMMONALITY AS A FUNCTION OF STRESS IN SCHIZOPHRENICS, NEUROTICS, AND NORMALS
- Creators
- Lowell H Storms - Oklahoma State University Center for Health SciencesWilliam E BroenIRWIN P Levin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of consulting psychology, Vol.31(2), pp.181-187
- DOI
- 10.1037/h0024441
- PMID
- 6042054
- NLM abbreviation
- J Consult Psychol
- ISSN
- 0095-8891
- eISSN
- 1946-1887
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/1967
- Academic Unit
- Marketing; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984963111402771
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