The World Test, according to the rules set by Kamp and Kessler (1970), was administered to 30 children, ranging in age from 10.3 to 11.6 years. Fifteen children (group P) were under residential psychiatric treatment, the other fifteen children (the comparison group C) were recruited from a primary school. Both groups were matched for age and sex. In the children from the P group 8 signs were found more frequently to a significant degree. A sociographic investigation throws some light on the meaning of the two specific signs, which occasionally occurred in the C group.