Self-consciousness in schizophrenics.

SlIm mary.-This study assessed the effi cacy of the Self-consciousness Scale in different iating shortand long-term schizophrenics from sociopaths and psych iatric aides. Three gro ups of 10 state hospital residen ts were selected on the basis of evidence of schizophren ia or antisocial pe rsonality using bot h interview and psychometric measures. A comparison group of 10 randomly chosen psychiatric aides were also included . Alth ough no significant different ial gro up effects were noted, all gro ups scored in the upper half of the scale's range. Di scussed are the potential lack of sensit ivity of this scale at its upper limits, the relationship of self-consciousness to disordered behavior, and the compar ison of o btained scores with college norms.