TY - JOUR
T1 - Empathy and Social Cognition: a Comparison of Schizophrenic Patients and Healthy Controls
AU - GATTONI, Eleonora
AU - Prosperini, P.
AU - Ballerio, E.
AU - GILI, Sabrina
AU - FEGGI, Alessandro
AU - LOMBARDI, Ada
AU - GAMBARO, Eleonora
AU - COPPOLA, Isabella
AU - RIZZA, Maria Cristina
AU - ANTONA, Maria
AU - Binda, V.
AU - Gramaglia, Carla Maria
AU - ZEPPEGNO, Patrizia
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - INTRODUCTION:Patients affected by schizophrenia have deficits in social cognition,functioning and in
properly interpreting facial expression.These disabilities contribute to global impairment in social and
relational skills.Data started being collected in the context of the Italian-Network-of-Research-onPsychosis,headed
by Mario Maj and Silvana Galderisi,in our centre;collection went on also after the
conclusion of the national project.
AIMS:To compare social inference and facial emotion identification in schizophrenic patients and healthy
controls.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:We recruited 50 patients with Schizophrenia and 50 healthy controls (HCs)
matched for sex,age and level of education.Socio-demographic characteristics were gathered;assessment
of both patients and HCs included The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT) and the Facial Emotion
Identification Test (FEIT);furthermore patients were assessed with the Positive and Negative Syndrome
Scale (PANSS) and the Brief Negative Symptom Scale (BNSS).
RESULTS:Some differences in socio-demographic variables emerged (patients are more often unemployed
and single).Moreover,the preliminary analyses highlight several differences between schizophrenic patients
and HCs at TASIT and FEIT:patients performed significantly worse than HCs in both tests,with longer
reaction times.
DISCUSSION:As expected schizophrenic patients showed social skills deficits and difficulties in identifying
facial emotions.Our preliminary results point out disabilities in understanding social messages and
interpreting human behaviour;these features underlie poor and limited social relationships proper to
schizophrenia.
AB - INTRODUCTION:Patients affected by schizophrenia have deficits in social cognition,functioning and in
properly interpreting facial expression.These disabilities contribute to global impairment in social and
relational skills.Data started being collected in the context of the Italian-Network-of-Research-onPsychosis,headed
by Mario Maj and Silvana Galderisi,in our centre;collection went on also after the
conclusion of the national project.
AIMS:To compare social inference and facial emotion identification in schizophrenic patients and healthy
controls.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:We recruited 50 patients with Schizophrenia and 50 healthy controls (HCs)
matched for sex,age and level of education.Socio-demographic characteristics were gathered;assessment
of both patients and HCs included The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT) and the Facial Emotion
Identification Test (FEIT);furthermore patients were assessed with the Positive and Negative Syndrome
Scale (PANSS) and the Brief Negative Symptom Scale (BNSS).
RESULTS:Some differences in socio-demographic variables emerged (patients are more often unemployed
and single).Moreover,the preliminary analyses highlight several differences between schizophrenic patients
and HCs at TASIT and FEIT:patients performed significantly worse than HCs in both tests,with longer
reaction times.
DISCUSSION:As expected schizophrenic patients showed social skills deficits and difficulties in identifying
facial emotions.Our preliminary results point out disabilities in understanding social messages and
interpreting human behaviour;these features underlie poor and limited social relationships proper to
schizophrenia.
UR - https://iris.uniupo.it/handle/11579/71622
U2 - 10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30227-3
DO - 10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30227-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0924-9338
VL - 30
SP - 279
JO - European Psychiatry
JF - European Psychiatry
ER -