title: A validational study of the WIST as a group-administered instrument for assessment of schizophrenic thinking.
abstract: The objective assessment of thought disorder in schizophrenia is problemmatic in clinical psychology. Recently an individually administered instrument (WIST) was introduced as a brief, objective, and quantitative measure of schizophrenic thought processes. Possible shortcomings of the WIST are noted; experimental findings that concern extension to group testing conditions, convergent validity with another self-report measure of schizophrenia, and discriminant validity from intellectual level are presented.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006127:Group Structure; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology