Positive thought disorder in a hypothetically psychosis-prone population

Article Abstract:

The interpretation of proverbs provides insight into schizophrenic thought disorders. In order to explore further the relationship of proverb interpretation and thought aberrations, normal subjects scoring high on the Perceptual Aberration-Magical Ideation Scale were compared with low-scoring control subjects in their ability to interpret familiar and unfamiliar proverbs. All subjects were college undergraduates; high score were defined as being two standard deviations above the mean. Analysis of variance revealed no difference between the two groups' analysis of familiar proverbs, but the high-scoring group showed statistically significant aberrant interpretations of the unfamiliar proverbs. The bizarre-idiosyncratic thinking revealed by the proverb test did not correlate with verbal intelligence and is therefore unlikely to represent simply an overall cognitive impairment of the high-scoring group. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Case studies, Language and languages, Perception, Perception (Psychology), Schizophrenics

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Developmental pathways to schizophrenia: behavioral subtypes

Article Abstract:

A study conducted on schizophrenics and their normal siblings indicates that the schizophrenics exhibit many behavioral characteristics in their childhood which are not observed in their siblings. The nature and severity of these problems change with development, with some characteristics increasing steadily with age, while others show a sudden increase in adolescence. One subgroup of patients exhibits more neuromotor abnormalities in childhood as well as more definite behavioral problems. The study used the Child Behavior Checklist for retrospective maternal reports on four age periods.

Developmental psychology

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Four-year longitudinal study of conduct disorder in boys: patterns and predictors of persistence

Article Abstract:

An analysis of conduct disorder (CD) in boys conducted over a period of four years reveals a recurrence of CD in 88% of the boys within three years, with most of them exhibiting a high degree of CD. In the first year, CD exhibits a relationship with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, low socioeconomic status and parental antisocial personality disorder. These factors regulate the decrease in CD in these boys.

Longitudinal method, Observations, Longitudinal studies

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