An investigation of the construct validity of the Bannister-Fransella Grid Test of Schizophrenic Thought Disorder.
An attempt was made to demonstrate the construct validity of the Grid Test in a psychiatric population by showing that: (a) judgements of thought disorder based on the Grid Test were associated with judgements based on a clinical interview; (b) Grid Test scores were not associated with measures of other forms of psychopathology, intelligence, or memory. Results of a principal components factor analysis confirmed both hypothesis, supporting the validity of the Grid Test as a measure of thought disorder.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013850:Thinking