Self-Reinforcement Scores of Psychiatric Inpatients and Normal Controls

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13664729
AutoresRanbir S Parmar (St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, autor correspondente), Zack Z Cernovsky (St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada)
Ano1993
Volume72
Fascículo1
Páginas35-38
Data de publicação1993-02-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1993.72.1.35
PMID8451371
OpenAlexW2056785398
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas7

Heiby's 1982 self-reinforcement questionnaire (a measure of the ability to reward oneself selectively for constructive behaviors or efforts and to nurture a positive self-image by means of a supportive internal speech) was administered to 12 normal controls (psychiatric nurses), 11 paranoid schizophrenic patients (DSM-III—R), 8 bipolar patients currently manic (DSM-III—R), and 12 inpatients treated for substance abuse (DSM-III—R). No significant mean differences were found on analysis of variance. The means of the groups of psychiatric inpatients and of normal persons are comparable to means of other samples of normals, e.g., college students or factory workers, reported in the literature

Psychiatry · Reinforcement · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Research Topics · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology