Τhe assessment of expressed emotion in families of patients with schizophrenia: content analysis of the critical comments, the causal attributions and relatives’ coping

Abstract

Introduction: High Expressed Emotion (EE) is a well-established familial predictor of increased likelihood of relapse in schizophrenia. EΕ is mainly assessed through the semi-structured Camberwell Family Interview (CFI) given by a relative talking about the patient with schizophrenia. It consists of five scales, the scale of critical comments (CC), Hostility, Emotional Over-involvement (EOI), Warmth and Positive Remarks (PR). From the evaluation of the scores of the first three of the above scales, the relative can be characterized as high or low EE. The scales of Warmth and PR, which are the positive emotional elements of the EE, do not participate in the final evaluation of the EE. The scale of critical comments is included in the EE evaluation only as an absolute number and not as a content, excluding important information about relatives' relationships with patients within the family. Moreover, causal attributions seem to play an important role in family relationships, i.e., what d ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/54696
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http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/54696
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54696
Alternative title
Η μέτρηση του εκφραζόμενου συναισθήματος στις οικογένειες ασθενών με σχιζοφρένεια: η ανάλυση του περιεχομένου των επικριτικών σχολίων, των αιτιωδών αποδόσεων των συμπτωμάτων της ασθένειας και των στρατηγικών αντιμετώπισης που εφαρμόζουν οι συγγενείς
Author
Avraam, Georgios (Father's name: Stergios)
Date
2023
Degree Grantor
Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH)
Committee members
Σαμακουρή Μαρία
Σερντάρη Ασπασία
Αρβανίτη Αικατερίνη
Τρυψιάνης Γρηγόριος
Κωνσταντινίδης Θεόδωρος
Γεωργάκα Ευγενία
Τερζούδη Αικατερίνη
Discipline
Medical and Health SciencesClinical Medicine ➨ Psychiatry and Mental Health
Keywords
Schizophrenia; Family; Expressed emotion; Causal attributions
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
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