Sentence length of Turkish patients with schizophrenia
Joint Authors
Ozcan, Aysegul
Kuruoglu, Gulmira
Source
International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences
Issue
Vol. 7, Issue 1 (30 Apr. 2018), pp.68-73, 6 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2018-04-30
Country of Publication
Syria
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder that affects thought, language and communication.
Considering the language disorders, the aim of this study is to examine the average sentence length of patients with Schizophrenia and compare the results with a control group by using four different language tests.
Fifty patients with schizophreniadiagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria have been included in the study and compared to fifty healthy subjects matched for age, sex and education level with the patients.
The subjects’ speech has been evaluated in four stages.
These are narration, story picture sequencing, semi-structured speech and free speech.
The data consists of 8-10 minute recorded interviews.
The recordings have been transcribed based on DuBois’ Discourse Transcription Symbols.
The statistical and linguistic analyses have shown significant differences between sentence length’s of patients with schizophrenia and control group.
Patients with schizophrenia have produced shorter sentences than the control group.
In sum, this study concludes that the speech patterns used by Turkish Schizophrenia patients are different in terms of sentence length, and they prefer short and less complicated sentences in communication as a result of their cognitive disorders, including impairment to their attention and abstract thinking abilities.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ozcan, Aysegul& Kuruoglu, Gulmira. 2018. Sentence length of Turkish patients with schizophrenia. International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences،Vol. 7, no. 1, pp.68-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-835168
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ozcan, Aysegul& Kuruoglu, Gulmira. Sentence length of Turkish patients with schizophrenia. International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences Vol. 7, no. 1 (Apr. 2018), pp.68-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-835168
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ozcan, Aysegul& Kuruoglu, Gulmira. Sentence length of Turkish patients with schizophrenia. International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences. 2018. Vol. 7, no. 1, pp.68-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-835168
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 73
Record ID
BIM-835168