# Gordon Claridge > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gordon_Claridge > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gordon_Claridge.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Claridge > Source revision: 1238264249 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British psychologist and author|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{moresources|date=February 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Use British English|date=May 2017}} Dr. '''Gordon Sidney Claridge''' was a British [psychologist](/source/psychologist) and author, best known for his theoretical and empirical work on the concept of [schizotypy](/source/schizotypy)[https://humanisttributearchive.uk/tribute/2614/ Gordon Claridge] or psychosis-proneness. == Biography == Claridge took his first degree in Psychology at [University College, London](/source/University_College%2C_London), in 1953. His PhD work was at the [Institute of Psychiatry](/source/Institute_of_Psychiatry), London, jointly supervised by [Hans Eysenck](/source/Hans_Eysenck) and Neil O’Connor. He qualified under in-service training as a clinical psychologist, and from 1957-61 worked as Eysenck’s Research Assistant, based in the [Royal Victoria Military Hospital](/source/Royal_Victoria_Military_Hospital), Netley, Southampton. Claridge then moved to [Bristol](/source/Bristol) as Head of [Clinical Psychology](/source/Clinical_Psychology) at [Barrow Hospital](/source/Barrow_Hospital) and part-time lecturer in the [Bristol University](/source/Bristol_University) Department of Psychology. From 1964-74 he ran the [Glasgow University](/source/Glasgow_University) clinical psychology training course as (eventually) Reader in Clinical Psychology. He was awarded a DSc from Glasgow University in 1971. In 1974 Claridge moved to Oxford as [University Lecturer](/source/University_Lecturer) in [Abnormal Psychology](/source/Abnormal_Psychology) at the Department of [Experimental Psychology](/source/Experimental_Psychology) and Fellow of [Magdalen College](/source/Magdalen_College%2C_Oxford). For the first five years of this appointment he ran the [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) clinical psychology training course. He was [Emeritus Professor](/source/Emeritus_Professor) of [Abnormal Psychology](/source/Abnormal_Psychology) at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of [Magdalen College](/source/Magdalen_College). He was also visiting professor in the Department of Psychology, [Oxford Brookes University](/source/Oxford_Brookes_University). He was a Fellow of the [British Psychological Society](/source/British_Psychological_Society), Associate of the [Royal College of Psychiatrists](/source/Royal_College_of_Psychiatrists), and a past president of the [International Society for the Study of Individual Differences](/source/International_Society_for_the_Study_of_Individual_Differences). Claridge died in Oxford on 3 May 2021, aged 89.{{fact|date=February 2024}} == Research == Claridge was best known for his work in developing the theoretical construct of [schizotypy](/source/schizotypy). Schizotypy as a concept overlaps, partially but not completely, with Eysenck’s concept of [psychoticism](/source/psychoticism). Research suggests that in some people milder forms of schizotypy may be adaptive and linked to creativity. == Bibliography == *''Personality and Arousal'', 1967 *''Drugs and Human Behaviour'', 1970 (with S. Canter & W.E. Hume) *''Personality Differences and Biological Variations'', 1973 *''Origins of Mental Illness'', 1985 *''Sounds from the Bell Jar: Ten Psychotic Authors'', 1990 (with R. Pryor & G. Watkins) *''Schizotypy: Implications for Illness and Health'', 1997 (edited) *''Personality and Psychological Disorders'', 2003 (with C. Davis) *''Psychopathology and personality dimensions: The Selected works of Gordon Claridge'', 2018 ===Selected papers=== * Cyhlarova E, Claridge G. (2005). Development of a version of the Schizotypy Traits Questionnaire (STA) for screening children. ''Schizophrenia Research'', '''80''', 253-261. * Rawlings, D., Barrentes-Vidal, N., Claridge, G., McCreery, C., and Galanos, G. (2000). A factor analytic study of the Hypomanic Personality Scale in British, Spanish and Australian samples. ''Personality and Individual Differences'', '''28''', 73-84. * Claridge, G., Clark, K., Davis, C., & Mason, O. (1998). Schizophrenia risk and handedness: a mixed picture. ''Laterality'', '''3''', 209-220. * Claridge, G., Clark, K., & Davis, C. (1997). Nightmares, dreams and schizotypy. ''British Journal of Clinical Psychology'', '''36''', 377-386. * Claridge, G., McCreery, C., Mason, O., Bentall, R., Boyle, G., Slade, P., & Popplewell, D. (1996). The factor structure of 'schizotypal' traits: A large replication study. ''British Journal of Clinical Psychology'', '''35''', 103-115. ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A%22Gordon+Claridge%22&btnG=Search A partial list of Claridge’s scientific papers] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Claridge, Gordon}} Category:British psychologists Category:Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Category:Alumni of University College London Category:Schizophrenia researchers Category:Academics of Oxford Brookes University Category:Academics of the University of Bristol Category:Academics of the University of Glasgow --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gordon Claridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Claridge) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Claridge?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.