TY - JOUR
T1 - The frequency of cohesion weakness in psychiatric syndromes
AU - Bartolucci, Giampiero
AU - Fine, Jonathan
PY - 1987/3
Y1 - 1987/3
N2 - The percentage of unclear cohesive ties in the conversation of schizophrenic speakers is significantly higher than in a group of psychiatric patients with mixed diagnoses, mostly affective disorders. This measure of cohesive weakness is not related to the verbal IQ of the patients. This finding was obtained in patients who were not prejudged to be thought disordered and was based on the analysis of all of their utterances during a ten minute interview. It is concluded that cohesive weakness is a more frequent characteristic of the language of schizophrenic speakers, compared to its incidence in the conversation of psychiatric patients in different diagnostic categories, with the possible exception of manic syndromes.
AB - The percentage of unclear cohesive ties in the conversation of schizophrenic speakers is significantly higher than in a group of psychiatric patients with mixed diagnoses, mostly affective disorders. This measure of cohesive weakness is not related to the verbal IQ of the patients. This finding was obtained in patients who were not prejudged to be thought disordered and was based on the analysis of all of their utterances during a ten minute interview. It is concluded that cohesive weakness is a more frequent characteristic of the language of schizophrenic speakers, compared to its incidence in the conversation of psychiatric patients in different diagnostic categories, with the possible exception of manic syndromes.
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U2 - 10.1017/s0142716400000072
DO - 10.1017/s0142716400000072
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AN - SCOPUS:84974267137
SN - 0142-7164
VL - 8
SP - 67
EP - 74
JO - Applied Psycholinguistics
JF - Applied Psycholinguistics
IS - 1
ER -