Schizophrenic and nonschizophrenic patient-judges rated letters which had been written by mothers of schizophrenics and nonschizophrenics on a dimension of similarity to letters received from their own mothers. The lack of agreement of these ratings casts questions on the presence or reliability of the concept in such communications.
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