ANIMISTIC THINKING IN PSYCHOTIC VERSUS CONDUCT-DISORDERED HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENTS

Authors
ATLAS JA MILLER AL ARSENIO WF
Citation
Ja. Atlas et al., ANIMISTIC THINKING IN PSYCHOTIC VERSUS CONDUCT-DISORDERED HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENTS, Psychological reports, 73(2), 1993, pp. 611-614
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
73
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
611 - 614
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1993)73:2<611:ATIPVC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
25 adolescents showing a Psychotic-spectrum Disorder were compared wit h 24 adolescents showing Conduct Disorder on a task eliciting reasons for attributing life to an ambiguous pictorial stimulus (dough on a be ach). Consistent with expectations from earlier research, the psychoti c adolescents showed greater modes of animistic thinking (attributions of life to nonlife forms) than conduct-disordered youth, associated w ith theorized merging between self and the nonhuman environment. Impli cations are discussed.