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Motor and Sighting Dominance in Chronic Schizophrenics

Relationship to Social Competence, Age at First Admission, and Clinical Course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Edward L. Merrin
Edward L. Merrin*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California School of Medicine, and Psychiatry Service (116N)
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Summary

The relationship was examined between sinistral eye and hand preference and age at first hospitalisation, clinical course and social competence in chronic schizophrenics. Motor and sighting dominance were assessed in 52 newly admitted chronic schizophrenic males. Left-handedness in this study was associated with inferior social competence, but left-eyedness with later age of first hospitalisation and proportionally less time spent in hospitals. These findings were only true for paranoid schizophrenics.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 145 , Issue 4 , October 1984 , pp. 401 - 406
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Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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