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Conformity behavior of schizophrenic subjects to maternal figures

Recent clinical studies of schizophrenia have been aimed at clarifying the nature of the relationship that has existed between the schizophrenic patient and other members of his family. The majority of these investigations have focused upon the mother-son relationship, and the experiment to be described represents an extension of this area of study. Specifically, the present investigation was an attempt to observe the extent to which schizophrenic patients would conform to the preferences expressed by mothers who possess some of the attributes reported to characterize mothers of Poor pre-morbid (Phillips, 1953) schizophrenic patients. These attributes, it was hoped, would serve as relevant cues foreliciting conformity responses in such patients. / This thesis was digitized as part of a project begun in 2014 to increase the number of Duke psychology theses available online. The digitization project was spearheaded by Ciara Healy.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DUKE/oai:dukespace.lib.duke.edu:10161/13560
Date01 February 2017
CreatorsClarke, Alan Rogers, 1932-
ContributorsNorman Garmezy, Supervisor
Source SetsDuke University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypePh.D. Dissertation
FormatDigitized dissertation
Relationhttp://search.library.duke.edu/search?id=DUKE000921607

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