PATERNAL REACTIONS IN CHILDHOOD AS DESCRIBED BY SCHIZOPHRENICS AND ALCOHOLICS.

The article discusses paternal reactions in childhood as described by schizophrenics and alcoholics. Factors were found which differentiated significantly between these groups. At the same time as the data on the mothers were collected, these subjects were also requested to fill out a similar form covering the fathers' reactions, and the present paper describes the results of a factor analysis of these protocols. The Perception of Parent Behavior Scale was administered to all subjects. This Scale consists of 75 items, each consisting of a brief description of some act in which a child might engage, and the subjects were requested to select at least 35 from this list which would have "bothered" their parents most when they were children.