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David M. Wright, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1973;29(4):472-475.

Abstract
Conceptual impairment in the parents of poor-premorbid male schizophrenics was investigated with the Object Sorting test. Twenty-one parent pairs of the patients and 16 parent pairs of normal young men were studied. Although scores for patient-fathers indicated greater impairment than those of control fathers, this was not statistically significant.

Patient-fathers' impairment scores did exceed patient-mothers' to a greater extent than control fathers' exceeded control mothers'. The confirmation of the father-mother impairment hypothesis can support the notion that within families of poor-premorbid male schizophrenics conceptual adequacy is sex-typed in favor of females.

Author Affiliations
Syracuse, NY

From the Division of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Medical School, Syracuse.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 30, 1973.

Reprint requests to the Upstate Medical Center, Division of Clinical Psychology, 750 E Adams St, Syracuse, NY 13210 (Dr. Wright).

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