Year: 1997
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of the presentstudy was to compare the performance in several neuropsychological tasks, as cognitivemarkers of vulnerability to schizophrenia, of two normal population samples classifiedas high and low psychometrically schizotypal, according to MSTQ (Rawlings y Mac-Farlane, 1994) and O-LIFE (Mason, Claridge and Jackson, 1994), as an external validationprocedure. Thirty three secondary school and 11 college students were selected froma normal sample of 185 subjects. The YSR (Achenback and Edelbrock, 1987) was alsocompleted by the adolescents sample. Results fail to confirm differences between highand low psychometrically identified schizotypic individuals, casting some doubts aboutthe usefulness of the questionnaries as early detection procedures of risk for schizophrenicspectrum disorders. Possible causes of the negative results are analysed and somesuggestions are offered for future research.
Institution: Universidad de Oviedo
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Universidad de Oviedo
Award: G429726655
OpenAlex ID: W1988296218