TY - JOUR
T1 - Positive Thought Disorder in a Hypothetically Psychosis-Prone Population
AU - Allen, James
AU - Schuldberg, David
PY - 1989/11
Y1 - 1989/11
N2 - Proverb interpretations of subjects who scored high on the Perceptual Aberration-Magical Ideation Scale (Chapman & Chapman, 1985) were compared with those of low-scoring controls. Responses to 10 familiar and 3 unfamiliar proverbs were scored for Bizarre-idiosyncratic thinking (Marengo, Harrow, Lanin-Kettering, & Wilson, 1986) and literalness (Hertler, Chapman, & Chapman, 1978). A Group by Type of Proverb (familiar versus unfamiliar) interaction was found for bizarre-idiosyncratic scores; (Per-Mags) scored higher than controls on unfamiliar, but not familiar proverbs. The Group × Familiarity interaction for bizarre-idiosyncratic scores indicates that the Per-Mag group displayed a subclinical, positive-thought disorder that is affected by the familiarity of the proverbs.
AB - Proverb interpretations of subjects who scored high on the Perceptual Aberration-Magical Ideation Scale (Chapman & Chapman, 1985) were compared with those of low-scoring controls. Responses to 10 familiar and 3 unfamiliar proverbs were scored for Bizarre-idiosyncratic thinking (Marengo, Harrow, Lanin-Kettering, & Wilson, 1986) and literalness (Hertler, Chapman, & Chapman, 1978). A Group by Type of Proverb (familiar versus unfamiliar) interaction was found for bizarre-idiosyncratic scores; (Per-Mags) scored higher than controls on unfamiliar, but not familiar proverbs. The Group × Familiarity interaction for bizarre-idiosyncratic scores indicates that the Per-Mag group displayed a subclinical, positive-thought disorder that is affected by the familiarity of the proverbs.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0024832756&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0024832756&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0021-843X.98.4.491
DO - 10.1037/0021-843X.98.4.491
M3 - Article
C2 - 2687343
AN - SCOPUS:0024832756
SN - 0021-843X
VL - 98
SP - 491
EP - 494
JO - Journal of abnormal psychology
JF - Journal of abnormal psychology
IS - 4
ER -