"This study was designed to test the hypothesis that degree of ego disjunction is positively related to degree of psychopathology. A scale based upon the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule was devised to measure ego disjunction. College Students, Adolescents, Neurotics, Character Disorders, and Schizophrenics were tested and the following results were found...a positive relationship between degree of ego disjunction and degree of psychopathology was demonstrated...scores yielded three significantly different subgroups... Schizophrenics alone; ...Character Disorders, Neurotics and Adolescents;...[and] College Students alone.".