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An analysis of structural factors in schizophrenic delusions
Author(s) -
Heilbrun Alfred B.,
Madison James K.
Publication year - 1978
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(197804)34:2<326::aid-jclp2270340212>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - delusion , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , meaning (existential) , thought disorder , factorial analysis , persecution , psychosis , qualitative analysis , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , qualitative research , psychiatry , psychotherapist , social science , statistics , mathematics , sociology , politics , political science , law
A previous factor analysis of delusional properties, scord from verbatim typescripts of interviews held with 32 schizophrenic patients, had generated four interpretable factors. The present study considered the meaning of these qualitative factors in terms of their relationships to four types of information potentially important to understanding the development or maintenance of delusions – sex gender, intelligence, chronicity, and type of delusion (e. g., persecution, grandeur). The possible contribution of factorial structure to understanding delusional behavior was indicated by the number of relationships found between these factors and the independent variables.