Trait emotional experience in individuals with schizophrenia and youth at clinical high risk for psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disturbances in trait emotions are a predominant feature in schizophrenia. However, less is known about (a) differences in trait emotion across phases of the illness such as the clinical high-risk (CHR) phase and (b) whether abnormalities in trait emotion that are associated with negative symptoms are driven by primary (i.e. idiopathic) or secondary (e.g. depression, anxiety) factors.

Aims

To examine profiles of trait affective disturbance and their clinical correlates in individuals with schizophrenia and individuals at CHR for psychosis.

Method

In two studies (sample 1: 56 out-patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and 34 demographically matched individuals without schizophrenia (controls); sample 2: 50 individuals at CHR and 56 individuals not at CHR (con

SUBMITTER: Yee CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6737516 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature