Schizophrenic performance on form E of Cattell's 16PF test

J Pers Assess. 1975 Apr;39(2):169-77. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa3902_14.

Abstract

Form E of Cattell's 16PF test was administered to 515 hospitalized schizophrenics. This sample was compared to Cattell's standardization population for both raw scores and sten scores. Comparisons were made between males and females, acute patients and chronic patients, and amongst three categories of schizophrenia (paranoid, undifferentiated, schizo-affectives). The results indicate that the "schizophrenic profile," reported in previous research with Form A, did not obtain expected differentiations among schizophrenic categories. The question of the usefulness of Form E in diagnosing schizophrenia was raised.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Cattell Personality Factor Questionnaire*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Educational Status
  • Extraversion, Psychological
  • Female
  • Guilt
  • Hospitals, Psychiatric
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality Inventory*
  • Psychosocial Deprivation
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder / diagnosis
  • Schizophrenia / diagnosis*
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / diagnosis
  • Self Concept
  • Sex Factors
  • Social Class
  • Social Dominance
  • Superego