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Paranoid integration and thought disorder
Author(s) -
Gamble Kenneth R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197510)31:4<604::aid-jclp2270310405>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - psychology , thematic apperception test , paranoid disorders , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , psychoanalysis , paranoia
This study investigated the relationship between thought disorder as measured by Bannister's Grid Test and paranoid integration. Twenty-six hospitalized schizophrenics were subdivided into High Integration and Low integration groups on the basis of scores on Foulds' System-Sign Inventory. No significant differences were found between these groups on the thought-disorder measure. When the sample was subdivided into paranoid and nonparanoid groups on the basis of clinical diagnosis, paranoids were found to be significantly less thought disordered than nonparanoids.