Interpersonal aspects of the syndromes of schizophrenia.

Raters listened to interviews with schizophrenic patients and rated each participant using Wiggins's Interpersonal Adjective Checklist-Revised, a measure of interpersonal behavior. It was predicted that three symptom dimensions (disorganization, psychoticism and negative symptoms) would be associated with unique patterns of interpersonal behavior. Results indicated that symptoms of psychoticism (systematized delusions and auditory hallucinations) were rated as evidencing Arrogant-Calculating characteristics.