Zakłócenia procesów mediacji i konceptualizacji podczas formowania wypowiedzi w teście Hermanna Rorschacha u rodziców mających chore na schizofrenię paranoidalną dziecko

Abstract

Cognitive deficits are one of the most characteristic features of schizophrenia. They can also be observed in first-degree relatives of schizophrenic patients. The article attempts to answer the question whether disturbances in thought and perception appear in utterances of the parents of schizophrenic patients during the Hermann Rorschach test. 31 parent couples with schizophrenic children and 21 comparison subjects were examined. The level of J. E. Exner’s schizophrenic index (SCZI) was assessed for each examined person. The index takes into account the mediation process connected with the perceptive aspect in producing utterances and the process of conceptualization connected with thought processes and giving meaning to blots. The level of the index was elevated in the parents of schizophrenic children. As opposed to the comparison subjects their reactions were less adequate to blots (mediation process) and (especially mothers) displayed disturbances in the process of giving meaning to blots (the process of conceptualization). The differences between the mothers of schizophrenic children and control mothers were more explicit than the differences between the fathers of schizophrenic children and control fathers.