| Abstract: | 45 child guidance clinic patients who received an adult diagnosis of schizophrenia were followed through recorded sources into middle adulthood. The mean age for Ss at initial guidance clinic contact was 10 yrs, 10 mo; the mean age at followup was 43 yrs, 81/2 mo. The determination of within-sample differences in long-term adult outcome provided predictive criteria. Childhood symptoms were combined into rationally derived symptom scales that were included in a 15-variable matrix. Factor analysis yielded 4 orthogonal factors: Unsocialized Aggressiveness, Low IQ/Poor School Achievement, Neurotic, and Schizoid. Clusters of types were derived from factor scores and related to adult outcome ratings. The schizoid type was related to poor outcome, as was the neurotic/low-IQ type. Unsocialized aggressive and neurotic types were associated with more favorable outcomes. (15 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
