Social adjustment in schizophrenia: factors predictive of short-term social adjustment in a sample of schizophrenic patients

A sample of 60 Spanish schizophrenic patients was studied in order to ascertain the relationship between their relatives' expressed emotion (EE) and social adjustment after 2 years of follow‐up. The average extent of the disability did not increase over time, and differences in dysfunction rate...

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Published in:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica 1998-02, Vol.97 (2), p.116-121
Main Authors: Montero, I., Pérez, I. Ruiz, Gómez-Beneyto, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Caregivers - psychology
Expressed Emotion
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Recurrence
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenia - rehabilitation
Schizophrenic Psychology
Social Adjustment
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Summary:A sample of 60 Spanish schizophrenic patients was studied in order to ascertain the relationship between their relatives' expressed emotion (EE) and social adjustment after 2 years of follow‐up. The average extent of the disability did not increase over time, and differences in dysfunction rates between the various specific social roles were identified. No differences in social outcome were detected between patients with high EE and low EE families. Three factors which predict social adjustment outcome were obtained using logistic regression analysis, namely clinical conditions, baseline social adjustment and the occurrence of a psychotic relapse during the follow‐up period.
ISSN:0001-690X
1600-0447
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb09972.x