Intensive and extensive case histories were obtained on schizophrenic patients and compared with parallel data from a nonpsychiatric “normal” population. The samples, equated on 9 variables, e.g., age, education, etc., were compared re the quality of: interpersonal relationships, home factors, school, occupational and social adjustment, religious orientation, interests, aspirations, and initiative. The results failed to confirm the hypotheses of “schizophrenogenic mothers,” or the significant traumatic aspect of the early life of schizophrenics. Of all the factors, scholastic, occupational, and social accomplishment fell into the predicted direction. In general, however, the 2 samples were not differentiated on the basis of biographic data. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)