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The schizophrenia spectrum: A study of the relationship among the Rorschach, MMPI, and visual backward masking
Author(s) -
Saccuzzo Dennis P.,
Sprock June,
Braff David L.,
Sudik Nancy
Publication year - 1984
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(198411)40:6<1288::aid-jclp2270400602>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - rorschach test , psychology , stimulus (psychology) , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , schizophrenia spectrum , audiology , backward masking , visual masking , psychosis , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , visual perception , personality , social psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , perception , medicine
Compared 20 S s within the schizophrenia spectrum and 20 nonschizophrenia spectrum controls in terms of their MMPI and Rorschach performance. S s also were studied in terms of their ability to identify a briefly exposed visual stimulus when it was followed by a noninformational mask stimulus and when it was not. S s did not differ on the MMPI or on their ability to identify an unmasked target stimulus. They differed significantly in the number of deviant verbalizations, a special scoring category of the Rorschach. S s also differed in their ability to identify the briefly exposed stimulus when it was followed by the noninformational mask. Results indicated a relationship among the deviant verbalization, the masking procedure, and the schizophrenia spectrum.