Citation

Strober M. J. Abnorm. Child Psychol. 1979; 7(3): 309-316.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

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PMID

489852

Abstract

This study tested the hypothesis that schizophrenics employ more developmentally immature levels of decentering in their structuring of interpersonal relations. A 9-point scale of interpersonal decentering, developed originally by Feffer, was applied to Thematic Appercetion Test stories produced by schizophrenic adolescents and a control group of psychiatrically disturbed patients equivalent in age and intellectual functioning. Results provided convincing support for the hypothesis tested and suggest the theoretical utility of viewing interpersonal deficit in schizophrenia from a cognitive-developmental perspective.

Language: en