Schizophrenic Patients' Perceptions of Stress, Expressed Emotion, and Sensitivity to Criticism

Overview

Journal Schizophr Bull

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2006 May 30

PMID 16731686

Citations 13

Authors

Linda P Cutting

Jennifer M Aakre

Nancy M Docherty

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Abstract

This study was designed to get an "insider's view" of expressed emotion (EE) from the perspective of schizophrenic patients. Thirty-two patient and "influential other" pairs participated in the study. Patients' perceptions of EE attitudes in influential others were examined to determine whether they corresponded with actual EE ratings. Patients also rated how "stressed" they felt when interacting with their influential others, and patients' general sensitivity to criticism (STC) was assessed. As predicted, patients' perceptions of critical attitudes were related to actual EE ratings of criticism, although patients' perceptions of emotional overinvolvement (EOI) were not related to EOI ratings. Patients reported feeling more stressed when interacting with high-EE influential others, supporting an "EE as stressor" hypothesis. Finally, patients' STC influenced the level of stress they reported.

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