Wist predictions of brain damage: A follow-up to Albott and Gilbert
- 31 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 37 (1) , 180-182
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(198101)37:1<180::aid-jclp2270370136>3.0.co;2-c
Abstract
As a continuation of diagnostic issues raised by Albott and Gilbert (1973), the present study is an examination of the relative strengths and limitations of the Whitaker Index of Schizophrenic Thinking (WIST) as an indicator of brain damage (N = 59). Specifically, the WIST demonstrated power to avoid false predictions of brain damage and accuracy in predicting brain damagen when WIST “signs” are present. A substantial proporation of false negative predictions (no brain damage) indicates that the WIST is not a “test of/for organicity”.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Validity and usefulness in four wist studies recently reported in the journalJournal of Clinical Psychology, 1978
- Comparison of Non-Brain-Damaged Schizophrenic and Brain-Damaged Non-Schizophrenic Males on the WistPsychological Reports, 1973