Factor Analysis of Psychiatric Symptoms
Alcoholics Compared with Schizophrenics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13669359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Byron Miller (0000-0002-3190-9108, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, corresponding author), Byron A Miller (Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston, Texas), C Bentinck (United States Department of Veterans Affairs), Catherine A Bentinck (Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston, Texas), Alex D Pokorny (Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston, Texas) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 942-944 |
| Publication date | 1967-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1967.21.3.942 |
| PMID | 6079670 |
| OpenAlex | W1973492167 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Varimax factor analysis of 20 symptoms obtained at admission ratings of a consecutive sample of 201 chronic alcoholic patients in a Veterans Administration Hospital Treatment Program yielded 6 factors (eigenvalue ≥ 1): Depression-Anxiety, Uncooperative, Disorganized Thinking, Memory Deficit, Disoriented, and Unmotivated. Four of these same factors have been reported in a five-factor solution of these same 20 rating-scale variables on a large sample of Veterans Administration schizophrenic patients. The availability of follow-up data permitted additional factor analyses of these variables at 3 subsequent time points: hospital exit, at 1 mo. and at 12 mo. follow-up. In contrast to the schizophrenic sample which had also been analyzed at several time points, our factors did not all remain constant, pointing to a greater lability in symptoms in alcoholics before, during, and after treatment
Anxiety · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Rating scale · Varimax rotation · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |