No significant differences were found between the group mean scores of 7 schizophrenics, 7 neurotics, and 7 normals on the Literature Empathy Test. However, there was support for the hypothesis that normals respond in terms of a generalized conventional other, while schizophrenics respond in a more idiographic manner.
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