Journal of clinical psychology
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This study investigated the relationship between performance on word association and sentence construction tasks and the three-syndrome model of schizophrenic symptoms. Participants were 70 inpatients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia. ⋯ Among the syndromes, only symptoms of disorganization were significantly related to the ability to construct meaningful sentences using word associations. Results suggest that symptoms of disorganization, length of hospitalization, and premorbid adjustment are dimensions that are related to language disturbance in patients with schizophrenia.