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Psychological Construing in Schizoid Children Grown Up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Jonathan Chick ,
Lorraine Waterhouse  and
Sula Wolff
Jonathan Chick
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, Scotland
Lorraine Waterhouse
Affiliation:
Department of Social Administration, Edinburgh University and Department of Psychological Medicine, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sula Wolff
Affiliation:
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
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Summary

Twenty former male patients who in childhood had been diagnosed as having schizoid personality were followed up in adulthood. In comparison with controls, they used psychological ways of construing infrequently. Interpretations of this finding are discussed, in particular its relationship to impaired empathy.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 135 , Issue 5 , November 1979 , pp. 425 - 430
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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