title: [Premorbid adjustment and negative schizophrenic symptoms].
abstract: The relationship between premorbid schizoid traits and the positive and negative symptoms assessed by the Andreasen's SANS and SAPS scales was studied in a sample of 115 DSM-III-R schizophrenics. For the assessment of the schizoid traits the abbreviated Philip's scale of premorbid social-personal adjustment was employed. Negative symptoms, excepting the attentional scale, but no positive symptoms were significantly correlated (p < or = .01) with the Philips's scale. These results suggest that the schizoid traits are the behavioral precursors of schizophrenic negative symptoms. The implications of the results for the genetic and vulnerability/stress models of schizophrenia are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Virgen del Camino, Unidad de Psiquiatría, Pamplona.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Peralta Martín
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cuesta Zorita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012557:Schizoid Personality Disorder; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment
vernacular_title: Ajuste premórbido y síntomas esquizofrénicos negativos.