Schwartz S
Schizophr Bull. 1978;4(2):248-51. doi: 10.1093/schbul/4.2.248.
For the past 50 years, researchers have been trying to demonstrate that schizophrenics give uncommon word associations. Although secondary sources largely agree that these demonstrations have been successful a review of the most frequently cited studies reveals that there has been an uncritical acceptance of inadequately documented data. Errors in experimental design, methodology, and even data analysis are described. The support that these data provide for the hypothesis that schizophrenics give rare word associations is illusory. Theories based on the relationship between schizophrenia and rare word associations should either be revised or supported by empirical evidence that such a relationship exists.
在过去的50年里，研究人员一直试图证明精神分裂症患者会给出不同寻常的词语联想。尽管二手资料在很大程度上一致认为这些证明是成功的，但对最常被引用的研究进行回顾后发现，人们不加批判地接受了记录不充分的数据。文中描述了实验设计、方法甚至数据分析中的错误。这些数据为精神分裂症患者会给出罕见词语联想这一假设提供的支持是虚幻的。基于精神分裂症与罕见词语联想之间关系的理论，要么应该修订，要么应该有经验证据支持这种关系的存在。
