A FACTOR ANALYSIS OF SCHIZOPHRENICS RATED ON THE ACTIVITY RATING SCALE.

The present study investigates the type-factors that are revealed by a transposed factor analysis of schizophrenics as rated on the Activity Rating Scale. Dissatisfaction with psychiatric nosology has recently provoked several investigations of transposed factor analyses of schizophrenic behavior. Most of the studies employ rather conventional psychiatric or psychometric data for intercomparing the individuals. What types of schizophrenics might be disclosed when viewed from a behavioral adjustment point of view was the subject of a recent study by the author.