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Word association: Multple measures and multiple meanings
Author(s) -
Silverstein Marshall L.,
Harrow Martin
Publication year - 1983
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(198307)39:4<467::aid-jclp2270390402>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - psychology , word association , associative property , association (psychology) , nonverbal communication , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , meaning (existential) , cognitive psychology , thought disorder , word (group theory) , association test , developmental psychology , cognition , linguistics , psychiatry , psychotherapist , philosophy , biochemistry , mathematics , chemistry , genotype , psychoanalysis , pure mathematics , single nucleotide polymorphism , gene
Investigated the interrelationships between reaction time and three major verbal word association variables (response commonality, idiosyncratic responses, and degree of logical relatedness) in schizophrenics ( N = 42) and nonschizophrenic psychiatric controls ( N = 30). This study investigated the degree to which these four measures assess similar or different components of associative thought disorder in the same S s, using both verbal associative measures and a nonverbal performance measure. Results indicated that reaction time was largely independent of all verbal measures in schizophrenics. These data were discussed in regard to the meaning and interpretation of word association test data as a function of choice of dependent variables for measuring associative thought disturbance.