Sixty Ss, 30 normal and 30 schizophrenic, were instructed to classify items of a personal and environmental nature as part or not part of the self, as presented in the Prelinger self-concept test. The schizophrenic group tended to identify relatively more of the distant environmental items and fewer of the internal personal items as part of the self than did the normal group. This finding is consistent with current theory on the schizophrenic perception of the self.
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