کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
340045 548181 2008 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
What aspects of emotional functioning are impaired in schizophrenia?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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What aspects of emotional functioning are impaired in schizophrenia?
چکیده انگلیسی

Disturbances in emotional functioning are a major cause of persistent functional disability in schizophrenia. However, it is not clear what specific aspects of emotional functioning are impaired. Some studies have indicated diminished experience of positive affect in individuals with schizophrenia, while others have not. The current study assessed emotional responses by 34 individuals with schizophrenia and 35 demographically matched healthy participants to 131 images sampling a wide range of emotional arousal and valence levels. Ratings of affective response elicited by individual images were highly correlated across the groups (r's > .90), indicating similar emotional experiences at the moment of stimulus exposure. However, the data did not indicate strong relationships between ratings of the emotional impact of the images and most measures of day-to-day emotional processing. These results demonstrate that individuals with schizophrenia report “normal” emotional responses to emotional stimuli, and thus suggests that deficits in emotional functioning associated with the disorder are likely to occur further downstream, and involve the effective integration of emotion and cognition for adaptive functioning in areas such as goal-setting, motivation, and memory.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Schizophrenia Research - Volume 98, Issues 1–3, January 2008, Pages 239–246
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