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Psychopathology and Semantic Interpretation of Ambiguous Words
Benjamin, Thomas B.; Watt, Norman F. – J Abnorm Psychol, 1969
The testing of theories concerning language disorder in schizophrenics and aphasics by use of homographs is discussed. (DB)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Psychopathology, Schizophrenia, Semantics
Longitudinal Changes in the Social Behavior of Children Hospitalized for Schizophrenia as Adults
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Watt, Norman F. – Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1972
Descriptors: Adults, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Emotional Disturbances
Childhood Roots of Schizophrenia
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Watt, Norman F.; Lubensky, Amy W. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Earlier project reports compared childhood social behavior of nonmigratory schizophrenics and normal classmates by analyzing teachers' comments in school records. This article expands the sample to include migratory schizophrenics and analyzes childhood intellectual functioning. Behavioral differences indicated emotional immaturity and social…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Children, Intellectual Development
Personality Development in Public School Children. Final Report.
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Watt, Norman F. – 1972
Investigators compared the emotional adjustment, intellectual functioning, scholastic performance, and social behavior of 54 children who became schizophrenic mental patients with that of 143 matched controls. The following conclusions were drawn: indications of potential schizophrenia include behavioral and emotional deviation in childhood, death…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Disturbances
Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Behavior at School among Children at High Risk for Schizophrenia.
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Watt, Norman F.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Classroom teachers rated school behavior of 44 children, aged 12-17, of schizophrenic parents and 70 children of normal parents. Results showed children of schizophrenic parents had greater interpersonal disharmony, less scholastic motivation, more emotional instability, and lower intelligence than control children, but differences in introversion…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Disturbances, High School Students, Intelligence Differences