title: The discourse of thought-disordered schizophrenic children.
abstract: The conversations of two thought-disordered schizophrenic children and two age- and sex-matched normal children were studied in three different contexts. Cohesive relations and retrieval categories were analyzed. The thought-disordered schizophrenic and normal children demonstrated divergent patterns of discourse. These patterns closely paralleled those previously reported for adults by S. Rochester and J. R. Martin (1979, Crazy talk: A study of the discourse of schizophrenic speakers, New York: Plenum) for schizophrenic and normal adults, although some discrepancies were also observed. Recommendations for future research are offered.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D012564:Schizophrenic Language; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013850:Thinking