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A validational study of the WIST as a group‐administered instrument for assessment of schizophrenic thinking
Author(s) -
Klingler Daniel E.,
Johnson James H.,
Williams Thomas A.
Publication year - 1977
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(197707)33:3<658::aid-jclp2270330311>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - psychology , discriminant validity , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , convergent validity , test validity , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , internal consistency
The objective assessment of thought disorder in schizophrenia is problem matic in clinical psychology. Recently and individually administered instrument (WIST) was introduced as a brief, objective, and quantitative measure of schizophrenic thought processes. Possible shortcomings of the WIST are noted; experimental findings that concern extension to group testing conditions, convergent validity with another self‐report measure of schizophrenia, and discriminant validity from intellectual level are presented.