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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
There is indirect evidence to suggest that a subgroup of patients with schizophrenia exhibit a diminished capacity to experience both positive and negative emotions. To date however, no studies have focused specifically on this diminished emotionality (DE). The main objective of the present project was to determine whether patients with self-reported DE differed from other patients in level of social functioning, physical and social anhedonia, and negative/deficit symptoms. Seventy-three state hospital patients with DSM-IV diagnosed schizophrenia and 22 nonpsychiatric controls were examined. Results provided mixed support for the present hypotheses. Patients with self-reported DE (N = 10) versus those without (N = 63) had poorer social functioning, similar levels of physical and social anhedonia, and significantly less severe negative/deficit symptoms. Moreover, there was a substantial amount of discrepancy between patients' self-reported levels of emotionality and the ratings of their emotionality as made by trained observers. Implications of these results are discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-3018
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
193
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
796-802
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Affective Symptoms, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Forensic Psychiatry, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Health Status, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Hospitalization, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Intelligence Tests, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Mental Competency, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Personality Inventory, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Schizophrenia, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Schizophrenic Psychology, pubmed-meshheading:16319701-Social Adjustment
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Diminished emotionality and social functioning in schizophrenia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural