A comparison between psychic profile of parents of schizophrenic patients and parents of non-schizophrenicindividuals

This study aims to compare psychic profile among parents of schizophrenic patients with parents of nonschizophrenicpatients. In this research 100 samples including 50 men and 50 women were selected as parentsof patient group using systematic random sampling technique from parents of hospitalized schizophrenicpatients in psychiatric ward of GANJAVIAN hospital, patients visiting Dezful psychological clinics andhospitalized schizophrenic patients in SHAFA center for disease in Dezful during May 2016 - July 2016. Alsoin selection of control group, which was consisted of 100 subjects of parents of normal people with similar ageand education as of parents of patient group, parents without mentioned criterion in short form of MMPI2 testwere chosen using systematic random sampling technique. This was a causal-comparative study and analysisof data was performed using MANOVA in SPSS. Based on the results of this study, there is a significantdifference between psychic profile (hypochondria, depression, hysteria, social deviation, paranoia,psychasthenia, schizophrenia and hypomania) of parents of schizophrenic patients and normal subjects.

A comparison between psychic profile of parents of schizophrenic patients and parents of non-schizophrenicindividuals Keywords:

psychic profile , parents , schizophrenia