Disorientation as a prognostic criterion.
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Consulting Psychology
- Vol. 21 (2) , 149-151
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0044875
Abstract
The study is an investigation of the prognostic significance of disorientation in terms of the rapidity of improvement. One hundred disoriented patients were matched with 100 oriented patients on the basis of age, sex, and psychiatric diagnosis. . . . Results indicate that there is no significant difference between groups with reference to length of time they remained in the hospital. No significant difference was shown between patients disoriented for time alone and those disoriented for both time and place. The results were explained in terms of Gestalt principles of similarity and contrast, i.e., that we are more prone to be impressed by dramatic improvements where the patient is strikingly different from his initial disturbed state.Keywords
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