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Dependence, Independence or Interdependence of Positive and Negative Symptoms

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Negative Versus Positive Schizophrenia

Abstract

Concerning the correlations of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, three competing hypotheses exist, i.e. the severity-liability model of Gottesman et al. (1987) assuming positive associations between the two syndromes, Andreasen’s one-dimensional, bipolar model (Andreasen and Olsen 1982) with negatively correlated dimensions and Crow’s (1980, 1985) independency or dual-process model. Lenzenweger’s confirmatory factor analysis (Lenzenweger et al. 1989) about the goodness-of-fit of empirical data of 220 patients corresponds best with Crow’s dual-process model. Andreasen’s model of a bipolar dimension with factor loadings of opposite signs of positive and negative symptoms could not be confirmed.

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  1. Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Postfach 122120, J 5, W-6800, Mannheim, Germany

    H. Häfner

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  1. Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, W-5300, Bonn, Germany

    Andreas Marneros

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IO, 52242, USA

    Nancy C. Andreasen MD., Ph. D.

  3. Harvard Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA, 02401, USA

    Ming T. Tsuang MD., Ph. D., D. Sc.

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Maurer, K., Häfner, H. (1991). Dependence, Independence or Interdependence of Positive and Negative Symptoms. In: Marneros, A., Andreasen, N.C., Tsuang, M.T. (eds) Negative Versus Positive Schizophrenia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76841-5_11

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