Sense of self in schizophrenia patients and their first -degree relatives
Theorists and clinicians have long viewed schizophrenia as involving abnormality of the sense of self (SOS). The SOS has been viewed in psychology as developing during early childhood and as being shaped by the family environment. Schizophrenia patients have been shown to have abnormal SOS in prior...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
01-01-2004
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| Summary: | Theorists and clinicians have long viewed schizophrenia as involving abnormality of the sense of self (SOS). The SOS has been viewed in psychology as developing during early childhood and as being shaped by the family environment. Schizophrenia patients have been shown to have abnormal SOS in prior studies. A large body of empirical literature has demonstrated subclinical levels of schizophreniform psychopathology in family members of schizophrenia patients. However, studies on SOS in schizophrenia patients' family members lacked adequate sample size to confirm or refute the notion that these individuals may also have abnormal SOS. The present study found support for the hypotheses that schizophrenia patients demonstrate abnormal SOS, and that their first-degree relatives also show abnormality of SOS but to a lesser degree. Findings also more tentatively supported the hypothesis that the degree of abnormality in the SOS is correlated among schizophrenia patients and their family members. |
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| ISBN: | 0496076558 9780496076550 |