Abstract
This paper reviews Immediacy Theory which posits a mechanism making schizophrenic behavior preponderantly controlled by stimuli immediate in the patient's environment. It reviewed all studies of schizophrenia in the 2003 year of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Of those 12 studies, nine were found to confirm that mechanism and three not to be relevant.
| Translated title of the contribution | Schizophrenia: The immediacy mechanism |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 397-409 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Jul 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Behavioral mechanism
- Conditioning
- Context
- Immediacy hypothesis
- Schizophrenia