Differences in Word Association Commonality of Schizophrenics: The self-editing-deficit model vs. the partial-collapse-of-response-hierarchy hypothesis
✍ Scribed by W. E. Penk; R. V. Kidd
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 667 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
Schizophrenics matched by pairs with 26 neurotics were found to be no different in commonality scores under free aasociation conditions on steep-slo e words from Moran's (1966) word list equated for "idiodynamic set pul l ! " Schizophrenics scored significantly lower ( p < .05) in commonality on flatslope words, where steep-slope and flat-slope refer respectively to stimulus words with one or several commonl occurring associates. Matched by pairs with 23 "normal" controls, schizopLenics scored significantly lower in commonality on both steep-slope and flat-slo e words under free association conditions. These findings are contrar to t i e prediction for the two-stage selfediting-deficit model (Lisman & $ohen 1972) and are consistent with the one-stage, partial-collapse-of-hierarchy hypothesis (Broen & Storms, 1966).
Other results (e.g., schzophrenics obtained significantly lower commonality for Concept-referent, but not for Dimension-referent or Object-referent, Rteep-slope stimulus words) su gest that these models might be modified so a .