Negative symptoms and the formation of social affiliative bonds in schizophrenia
Autor: | Asia Malik, Jack J. Blanchard, Lauren T. Catalano, Julie M. McCarthy, Melanie E. Bennett, Cristina Garcia, Kristen Bradshaw |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male 050103 clinical psychology Adolescent Anhedonia media_common.quotation_subject Closeness Interpersonal communication Affect (psychology) Article Developmental psychology Pleasure Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Social Behavior Biological Psychiatry Aged media_common Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Analysis of Variance Mood Disorders 05 social sciences Middle Aged medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Feeling Schizophrenia Normative Female Schizophrenic Psychology Self Report medicine.symptom Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Schizophrenia Research. 193:225-231 |
ISSN: | 0920-9964 |
Popis: | Negative symptoms in schizophrenia are characterized by deficits in normative experiences and expression of emotion, and they are associated with poor social functioning. Negative symptoms relating to deficits in motivation and pleasure may hinder the development of affiliative bonds. The current study used a novel procedure to examine the relation between negative symptoms and the development of social affiliation within a laboratory setting. Fifty-five men (35 controls; 20 with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder) completed three social affiliation enhancement tasks with an experimenter partner. Self-reported affiliation and affect ratings were assessed before and after the affiliative interaction. Across groups, social affiliation and positive affect increased following the interactive tasks. However, the schizophrenia group reported less positive and more negative affect than controls. Within individuals with schizophrenia, negative symptoms reflecting motivation and pleasure deficits and self-reported social anhedonia were associated with less affiliative feelings of interpersonal closeness and less willingness to interact. Additionally, these self-reported reactions to the interaction partner were significantly related to social functioning in the community. These findings indicate that though individuals with schizophrenia can form affiliative bonds, the extent to which this is possible may be limited by negative symptoms relating to motivation and pleasure. Additional research will be necessary to examine just how these negative symptoms interfere with social affiliation. |
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