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Conceptual distance indices as measures of alienation in obsessional neurosis1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

F. Makhlouf-Norris  and
H. Gwynne Jones
F. Makhlouf-Norris
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, North Middlesex Hospital, London and the Department of Psychology, University of Leeds
H. Gwynne Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, North Middlesex Hospital, London and the Department of Psychology, University of Leeds
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Synopsis

A new method for the measurement of alienation is proposed. It is based upon the conceptual distance between people. For each subject, the observed distances between all possible pairs of elements were calculated and compared with the expected distance between two elements drawn at random. The ratios derived in this way were used to examine intra-self alienation and actual self isolation. The obsessional patient is self alienated and isolated. The normal control subject is self and socially integrated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 5 , November 1971 , pp. 381 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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