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Cognitive Organization, Interpersonal Flexibility and Psychological Maladjustment

Recent research on the contribution of cognitive and social factors to psychopathology has been narrowly focused on isolated cognitive-social aspects of adjustment. This study takes a broader perspective by examining a) cognitive structure in addition to cognitive content and b) general aspects of interpersonal style rather than isolated social behaviors. Maladjustment was. examined with respect to premorbid history as well as current adjustment. The hypotheses were that cognitive integration interacts with cognitive complexity to influence psychological disturbance; that a positive relationship exists between interpersonal flexibility and psychopathology; and that a positive relationship exists between the proportion of ambiguous constructs which they employ and a person's level of psychopathology.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331172
Date12 1900
CreatorsNicholson, Stephen David
ContributorsDoster, Joseph A., 1943-, Terrell, Francis, Burke, Angela J., Peterson, Polly E.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 121 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Nicholson, Stephen David, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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