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Goodman, Sherryl H.; Brumley, H. Elizabeth – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Studied schizophrenic, depressed, and well women to determine the quality of their parenting and its affect on their three-month to five-year-old's social and intellectual development. Mothers' parenting practices, not their diagnostic status, accounted for much of the children's intellectual and social competence. (RH)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
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Wahl, Otto F. – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Considers the treatment of family causation of schizophrenia in undergraduate abnormal psychology textbooks. Reviews texts published only after 1986. Points out a number of implications for psychologists which arise from the inclusion in these texts of the idea that parents cause schizophrenia, not the least of which is the potential for…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Emotional Disturbances, Higher Education, Parent Child Relationship
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Osberg, Timothy M. – Teaching of Psychology, 1992
Describes a classroom demonstration that simulates a verbal encounter with a person experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia. Suggests that the instructor deliver an unannounced monologue that illustrates the disordered thought and speech of a person with schizophrenia. Discusses student evaluation of the demonstration. Concludes that students in…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Demonstrations (Educational), Higher Education, Introductory Courses
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Bemak, Fred; Epp, Lawrence R. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2002
Discusses how the genetic aspects of schizophrenia must be described within the interactive context of psychosocial stress. Suggests that the mental health profession must consider the environmental and social components of this condition, including the clients' relationships, families, and communities. States that psychotherapeutic interventions…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Counseling Theories, Emotional Disturbances, Environmental Influences
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Walsh, Christine; MacMillan, Harriet; Jamieson, Ellen – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2002
A study interviewed 8,548 participants in the Ontario Mental Health Supplement about parental psychiatric history and childhood physical and sexual abuse. Respondents reporting a parental history of depression, mania, or schizophrenia had a two to threefold increase in the rates of physical, sexual, or any abuse. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Depression (Psychology), Family Problems
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Valevski, Avi; Ratzoni, Gideon; Sever, Jonathan; Apter, Alan; Zalsman, Gil; Shiloh, Roni; Weizman, Abraham; Tyano, Sam – Journal of Adolescence, 2001
Outcome according to diagnosis and stability of diagnosis were investigated in a follow-back study, with a duration of 15-19 years, of 351 adolescents with various psychiatric disorders hospitalized in a closed psychiatric ward. Findings indicated that transient adolescent psychosis is associated with a relatively good prognosis and should…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances, Followup Studies
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Stip, Emmanuel; Sepehry, Amir Ali; Prouteau, Antoniette; Briand, Catherine; Nicole, Luc; Lalonde, Pierre; Lesage, Alain – Brain and Cognition, 2005
Background: Schizophrenia (SZ) and schizoaffective disorders (SA) are associated with cognitive deficits. Generally, a schizoaffective diagnosis is associated with better prognosis on the level of social integration. It is also well established that cognition is an important factor for good social outcome in schizophrenia. We hypothesized that,…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Memory, Cognitive Tests, Emotional Disturbances
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Tichon, Jennifer; Loh, Jennifer; King, Robert – International Journal on E-Learning, 2004
Virtual Reality (VR) techniques are increasingly being used in e-health education, training and in trial clinical programs in the treatment of certain types of mental illness. Undergraduate psychology student opinion of the use of Virtual Reality (VR) to teach them about schizophrenia at the University of Queensland, was determined with reference…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Computer Simulation, Schizophrenia
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Scorzelli, James F. – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (E. S. Neukrug & R. C. Fawcett, 2006) profiles and employment status for clients who are opiate dependent. A discriminant function analysis indicated that employment was a predictor in maintaining sobriety after 6 months. (Contains…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Discriminant Analysis, Employment Patterns, Profiles
Ingram, Ellen; Ellis, Jon B. – 1993
This study was conducted to investigate attitudes that people hold about a hypothetical suicide victim in different situations. These situations depicted the victim in a scenario as either having cancer, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), schizophrenia, or a depressive disorder. An analysis was made to discern whether there were…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Cancer, Chronic Illness, College Students
Young, Art; And Others – 1983
Because poetic writing as a method of discourse and as a tool for learning plays a significant role in many theoretical models of writing but is rarely used in practice, a study was conducted to examine the effects on 70 college students in an introductory psychology class of a mixture of poetic and transactional assignments on the subject of…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Writing, Discourse Modes, Educational Research
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Walker, Harry A.; Birch, Herbert G. – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1974
Analyzed and compared to other disability groups were patterns of intellectual functioning in 120 institutionalized boys 10- to 15-years-old. (CL)
Descriptors: Children, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Factor Analysis
Barley, William D.; And Others – 1986
Form level is a major element in the scoring and interpretation of Rorschach responses. Exner's 1974 text and 1976 comprehensive system workbook provided helpful norms and scoring conventions for determining form quality, but its 1985 revision appeared to lead to generally lower levels of form quality. To examine this clinical impression, the…
Descriptors: Adults, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Patients
Roff, James D.; Knight, Raymond – 1979
The correlations between four childhood factors (externalizing, internalizing, asocial, and IQ/school achievement) and adult outcome ratings were investigated with 45 males with a young adult onset of schizophrenia who had been followed into middle age and for whom childhood information was available from a child guidance clinic. Among findings…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Aggression, Exceptional Child Research
PAIK, GEORGE; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PROJECT SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES, PROVIDE A WORK CONDITIONING PROGRAM TO INCREASE WORK POTENTIAL, AND PROVIDE AFTERCARE SERVICE AND FOLLOWUP. THE MAJOR HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT PATIENTS GIVEN A PROGRAM OF WORK CONDITIONING WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE PLACED IN WORK SITUATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO REMAIN LONGER OUTSIDE THE…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Emotional Disturbances, Employment
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