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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
A prominent emotional disturbance in schizophrenia is clinically evident in blunted affect, often observed as reduced emotional expressivity alongside the individual's report of normal or heightened emotional experience. It has been suggested that this disjunction between the experience and expression of emotion may reflect problems with the regulation of emotional expression. The present study thus set out to examine the capacity to engage in particular emotion regulatory strategies, and specifically, the ability to amplify the emotional expression of an experienced emotion ('amplification') or suppress the emotional expression of an experienced emotion ('suppression') whilst watching film clips selected to elicit amusement. Twenty nine participants with schizophrenia and 30 demographically matched non-clinical controls were asked to watch three different amusing film clips, whilst engaging in different regulatory strategies. The results indicate that participants with schizophrenia have difficulties with the amplification (but not suppression) of emotion expressive behavior. These difficulties are significantly correlated with total negative symptoms experienced, particularly emotional blunting.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0920-9964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Affective Symptoms, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Antipsychotic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Cognition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Emotions, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Facial Expression, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Inhibition (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Motion Pictures as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Schizophrenia, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Schizophrenic Psychology, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Visual Perception, pubmed-meshheading:17630254-Wit and Humor as Topic
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Emotion dysregulation in schizophrenia: reduced amplification of emotional expression is associated with emotional blunting.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia. julie.henry@unsw.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't