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Spatial vs. nonspatial reasoning ability in chronic schizophrenics
Author(s) -
Hartlage Lawrence C.,
Garber Judy
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197604)32:2<235::aid-jclp2270320207>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - psychology , abstract reasoning , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , cognitive psychology , spatial ability , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry
Forty chronic male VA schizophrenics were matched with veterans who were seeking educational counseling, and both groups were tested on a 32-item measure of spatial and matched nonspatial reasoning questions. Schizophrenics were inferior in spatial reasoning not only when compared to controls, but also when compared to their own level of functioning on nonspatial reasoning, which suggests that spatial reasoning may be selectively more impaired than general reasoning ability in male chronic schizophrenics.