PROBLEMThe purpose of this investigation was to determine whether reliable differences exist in the type and direction of aggression and the sources of frustration as shown by the results of the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study, Rorschach findings, and case history material for a group of anxiety neurotic patients and a group of paranoid schizophyenic patients. Aspects of the main problem which were investigated included the following: (1) A comparison of the responses on the Rosenzweig PictureFrustration Study of the anxiety neurotic group and the paranoid schizophrenic group with those of normal persons. (2) A comparison of the time necessary to complete the Picture-Frustration Study for the anxiety neurotic group and the paranoid schizophrenic group. (3) A determination of the relationship between outward aggressive responses on the Picture-Frustration Study, and ascendance, as measured by the Allport Ascendance-Submission Study, for the anxiety neurotic and paranoid schizophrenic groups. (4) A comparison between the findings of Wechsler on the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale for the neurotic and schizophrenic clinical groups and the results obtained in this investigation. ( 5 ) A determination of whether reliable differences exist in the Rorschach scoring categories for the anxiety neurotic and paranoid schizophrenic groups. (6) A qualitative comparison of the frustrations experienced by the anxiety neurotic and paranoid schizophrenic groups as determined by psychiatric case histories. PROCEDURE Seventy two patients, thirty six anxiety neurotic and thirty six paranoid schizophrenic subjects, diagnosed by psychiatrists, constituted the research population. No patient was included who had any detectable organic involvement which could in any way influence the results. Further, only patients on whom a Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study record, an Allport Ascendance-Submission Reaction Study record, a Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence report, a Rorschach protocol, and a psychiatric case history could be obtained, were selected. Finally, only male veterans of World War 11, between the ages of 20-40 years, and capable of reading and writing English were considered. The anxiety neurotic and paranoid schizophrenic groups were then equated for age, educational achievement, I& as obtained by the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale, and type of occupation.The instruments used in the collection of data for this research consisted of the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study, the Allport Ascendance-Submission Reaction Study, the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale, the Rorschach test, and psychiatric case history findings.The medians and quartiles of percentages in sthe various scoring categories of the Picture-Frustration Study were calculated for the anxiety neurotic and the paranoid schizophrenic groups. Critical ratios for the anxiety neurotic and paranoid schizophrenic groups on the various scoring categories of the Picture-Frustration Study were also computed. A comparison of the time in minutes taken by th...
341The females classified as passive-dependent possessed, on the average, AVA profiles with substantially lower scores on the sociability factor and higher scores on the social adaptability factor than did the males. This finding suggests that dependency in women is accompanied by socially withdrawn behavior to a greater extent than appears in males. It is the integration of these two factors which contribute most heavily to the exceptionally high multiple R of .66 obtained for the personality set against the criterion of KPDS scores and multiple biserial R of .84against the dichotomized criterion of passive-dependency vs. nonpassive-dependency . SUMMARYThe Kessler PD Scale and the Activity Vector Analysis were administered simultaneously to a group of 181 adult males and 99 adult females as measures of a passive-dependency trait cluster. Our data show that passive-dependency as defined according to the scoring key of the KPDS is also measured to reasonably high extent by the AVA. Differences between males and females become apparent with the later showing greater tendency toward passive-dependent behavior both with regard to frequency and to extent of passive-dependency, A substantially greater proportion of the female sample was classified as being passive-dependent by performance on the KPDS. On the AVA, sharper discriminations between the high and low groups on the passive dependency continuum were evidenced. Finally, it is apparent from the results obtained from both samples that passivedependency as measured by the KPDS is a reflection of the inability of the person to be sociallyoutgoing, but at the same time wanting to conform with and adapt to the accepted rules of society. REFERENCES CLARKE, W. V. Construction of an industrial selection personality test.INTRODUCTION This investigation explores the effects of affective stimulation on psychomotor performance in a group of chronic schizophrenic patients with suicidal ideation or overt suicidal activity. Malmo, Shagass, Bellanger and Smith") in a study involving 76 psychiatric patients and 21 normals as a control reported that psychoneurotic disorders involve defective motor regulation, manifested by abnormally increased motor disturbance under any stressful condition. Starer c2), using the method of two simultaneous cognitive and affective stimuli on a control group of 15 student nurses compared with an experimental group of 15 female psychiatric patients, found that differences in the performance between the two groups included psychomotor disorganization, delayed reaction time, and behavioral disorganization in the psychiatric group when compared with the control group.
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