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Schizophrenics and Social Judgement

Why Do Schizophrenics Get It Wrong?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Cramer ,
J. Bowen  and
M. O'Neill
P. Cramer*
Affiliation:
St Bernard's Hospital, Uxbridge Road, Southall, Middlesex UB1 3EU
J. Bowen
Affiliation:
St Bernard's Hospital
M. O'Neill
Affiliation:
Hillingdon Hospital, Middlesex
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Videotaped social interactions were shown to a population of schizophrenics and controls who were asked to comment on the emotional state of the principal protagonist. Their free responses were subjected to a content analysis to examine which of three possible explanations of known schizophrenic inaccuracies on this task were responsible: formal thought disorder, selective avoidance of psychological factors, or perceptual/attentional deficits. Neither selective avoidance nor marked thought disorder were found to explain these errors. The schizophrenics as a group rated much the same, irrespective of clinical profile. Their judgements of personality were less clear-cut than the controls.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 4 , April 1992 , pp. 481 - 487
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992 

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