Training Deictic Relational Responding in People Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

Psychological Record

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 301-310

  O’Neill, John ^a   Weil, Timothy M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deictic relations; Perspective taking; Relational frame theory; Schizophrenia; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919660763     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: 21633452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40732-014-0005-3     Document Type: Article

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