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Speech modification in near‐mute schizophrenics
Author(s) -
Hart Barry B.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1980.tb01741.x
Subject(s) - psychology , audiology , cognitive psychology , communication , medicine
Twelve male near‐mute schizophrenics were divided into a model‐plus‐reinforcement group; a model‐only group; and a control group, to test the hypothesis that the presence of a verbalizing model to 35 mm slides would serve as an eliciting stimulus to increase speech output. Significant increases in verbalizations were found over treatment sessions, the model‐plus‐reinforcement condition showing the most marked improvement. Generalization to the ward was found for only three subjects.