Various Rorschach indices as discriminators of marked and little conceptual disorganization among schizophrenics.

Abstract

Using a psychiatric rating scale, ten chronic schizophrenics showing little conceptual disorganization and nine chronic schizophrenic patients showing marked conceptual disorganization "were selected and compared on four Rorschach indices of conceptual disorganization: good form per cent, good location per cent, populars, and determination shift." Predictions that patients low on conceptual disorganization would have a greater proportion of good form and good location responses, along with a greater number of populars and more determinant shift from free association to inquiry than patients whose conceptual disorganization was high, were confirmed at significant levels of confidence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)