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Insight is a complex phenomenon which has been conceptualized variously as a symptom
of schizophrenia and as awareness of illness, making comparisons of studies measuring
insight difficult. Furthermore, attempts to establish a correlation between insight
and successful treatment outcomes are fraught with methodological problems. Specifically,
categorical judgments fail to capture important information about the quality of insight;
inappropriate inferential statistics have been used; and validity of instruments to
measure insight has not been established. In future research, the concept of insight
needs to be clarified. Nonparametric statistical analysis should be considered for
small, nonnormally distributed samples. Qualitative exploratory research is needed.
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Supported by The Martha J. Wetch Research Award, Epsilon Eta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, International, and the Ruth and Al Kopolow Nursing Research Award of Jewish Hospital.
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© 1998 W.B. Saunders Company. Published by Elsevier Inc.
