A validational study of the WIST as a group-administered instrument for assessment of schizophrenic thinking

Abstract
The objective assessment of thought disorder in schizophrenia is problem matic in clinical psychology. Recently and individually administered instrument (WIST) was introduced as a brief, objective, and quantitative measure of schizophrenic thought processes. Possible shortcomings of the WIST are noted; experimental findings that concern extension to group testing conditions, convergent validity with another self-report measure of schizophrenia, and discriminant validity from intellectual level are presented.