The Genesis of Schizophrenic Thought Disorder: A Serial Invalidation Hypothesis

1963 ◽  
Vol 109 (462) ◽  
pp. 680-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Bannister
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Thought Disorder ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Construct Theory

The study to be reported was carried out within the framework of Personal Construct Theory as put forward by Kelly (1955). This theoretical background is summarized and discussed in Bruner (1956) and Bannister (1962).

Comparison of Provided and Elicited Grid Content in the Grid Test of Schizophrenic Thought Disorder

1972 ◽  
Vol 121 (560) ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
M. McFadyen ◽  
G. A. Foulds
Keyword(s):  
Thought Disorder ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Conceptual System ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Formal Thought Disorder ◽  
Psychological Attributes ◽  
Construct Theory ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Grid Test

Within a framework of Kelly's Personal Construct Theory (Kelly, 1955; Bannister, 1962a), Bannister (1960, 1962b) considers thought-process disorder (formal thought disorder) to be a loosening of the associations between the constructs of the patient's conceptual system, and an instability over time of whatever pattern of association remains. The disorder appears to be maximal in that construct subsystem which subsumes discriminations relating to psychological attributes (Bannister and Salmon, 1966; McPherson and Buckley, 1970).

Thought Disorder in the Parents of Thought Disordered Schizophrenics

1970 ◽  
Vol 117 (541) ◽  
pp. 707-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary J. Muntz ◽  
R. P. Power
Keyword(s):  
Thought Disorder ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Construct Theory

The studies to be discussed were carried out within the framework of the Personal Construct Theory, as proposed by G. A. Kelly (4) and summarized by Bannister (1), and follow the line that thought disorder in offspring may be related to some kind of thought disorder in parents (2,6).

The Genesis of Schizophrenic Thought Disorder: Re-test of the Serial Invalidation Hypothesis

1965 ◽  
Vol 111 (474) ◽  
pp. 377-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Bannister
Keyword(s):  
Thought Disorder ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Construct Theory

The study to be reported was carried out within the framework of Personal Construct theory as proposed by Kelly (1955) and summarized in Bannister (1962).

Mourning and Reminiscence: Parallel Psychotherapeutic Processes for Elderly People

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. Viney ◽  
Yvonne N. Benjamin ◽  
Carol Preston
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Theoretical Explanation ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Processes ◽  
Construct Theory ◽  
The Relationship

Mourning and reminiscence are therapeutic processes common in therapeutic work with the elderly. However, a theoretical explanation of why they are effective has been lacking. Personal construct theory accounts for both in terms of the search of elderly persons for validation of their construct systems. In this article, this explanation of the parallel psychotherapeutic processes is explored, together with relevant information from the literature on mourning and reminiscence. Therapeutic case studies illustrate the characteristics of the two processes and the relationship between them.

Loss of Life and Loss of Bodily Integrity: Two Different Sources of Threat for People who are Ill

1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. Viney
Keyword(s):  
Healthy People ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Bodily Integrity ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Construct Theory ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Different Sources

Personal construct theory was used to generate some questions about the meanings that different types of threat–loss of life and loss of bodily integrity–hold for people who are severely ill. Content analyses of the responses of ill people and healthy people indicated that ill people expressed more concern with both types of threat than healthy people. Ill people who were suffering from acute rather than chronic illness, who were scheduled for surgery and who were hospitalized rather than being cared for at home expressed more concern about loss of life but not about loss of bodily integrity than other ill people. Each type of threatened loss was found to be associated with a different set of psychological states for people who were ill. Threat of loss of life was associated with indirectly expressed anger and uncertainty but also with the expression of many positive feelings. Threat of loss of bodily integrity was also associated with indirectly expressed anger, but with direct expression of it too, together with hopelessness and helplessness. Patients facing the first threat saw themselves as actively engaged in relationships with others, while those facing the second viewed themselves more often as passive participants. The value of this information about the meanings of threats of loss of life and loss of bodily integrity for the counseling of ill people dealing with these threats was illustrated by two case studies.

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