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).

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).

scholarly journals Psychological theories of aggression

2021 ◽  
Vol XL (2-3) ◽  
pp. 91-104
Author(s):  
Nikola Drndarević
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Construct Theory ◽  
Constructivist Perspective ◽  
Behaviorist Theory ◽  
Over Time

This paper aimed to provide a short exposition of the main theories of aggression. The choice of the theories reflected, in part, the historical progression and rising complexity of the theories over time. A brief overview of the following theoretical perspectives on aggression was presented: Freud’s psychoanalytic theory; Lorenz’s ethological theory; Behaviorist theory; Frustration-aggression hypothesis; Cognitive neo-association theory; and Social learning theory. These theories are representatives of the traditional perspective, which posits that by piecing together fragments of data gained through research, we arrive at the truth about aggression. A radically different perspective was offered through the constructivist perspective, which argues that any theory is just one way of organizing the data. Drawing from personal construct theory, a different psychological perspective on aggression was proposed.

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).

Estimates of Change in a Depressive Patient

1969 ◽  
Vol 115 (527) ◽  
pp. 1199-1200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Depressed Patient ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
The World ◽  
Construct Theory ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

A continuing problem in the care of patients suffering with depression is the assessment of how depressed the patient is, and how the level of depression changes over time. In clinical practice the patient is used as his own control, but the psychiatric assessment often has to be made in ways prone to the errors of subjective assessment. The psychiatrist is interested in how the depressed patient views himself and the world around him, that is, in terms of Kelly Personal Construct Theory, what constructs the patient uses to structure areas of his life and where on these constructs the patient sees himself. Personal Construct Theory and the Repertory Grid Techniques provide a useful framework for idiographic estimates of change.

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.

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