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A Study Using Automated Techniques

Cynthia M. Wild, PhD; Linda N. Shapiro, PhD; Theodor Abelin, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1977;34(1):58-70.

Abstract
• Observers used automated methods to code who spoke to whom (Who-to-Whom) while families (mother, father, son) of 30 schizophrenics, 13 psychiatrically hospitalized nonschizophrenic controls, and 26 normal controls interacted on four tasks. From the Who-to-Whom data, measures of activity, channels of communication, and other variables were derived. Clear patterns of dominance were found in families of schizophrenics with fathers most and sons least active, while activity was more evenly distributed among family members in both control groups. The mother-son channel of communication was used more in both control groups than in families of schizophrenics. Differences on the Who-to-Whom measures were found among families of schizophrenic sons differing on premorbid, working and paranoid status, but social class had little effect.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston (Drs Wild and Shapiro), and the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland (Dr Abelin).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 11, 1975.

Reprint requests to Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Rd, Boston, MA 02115 (Dr Wild Cowgill).

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