Environmental context predicts state fluctuations in negative symptoms in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Negative symptoms (avolition, anhedonia, asociality) are a prevalent symptom in those across the psychosis-spectrum and also occur at subclinical levels in the general population. Recent work has begun to examine how environmental contexts (e.g. locations) influence negative symptoms. However, limited work has evaluated how environments may contribute to negative symptoms among youth at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR). The current study uses Ecological Momentary Assessment to assess how four environmental contexts (locations, activities, social interactions, social interaction method) impact state fluctuations in negative symptoms in CHR and healthy control (CN) participants.

Methods

CHR youth (n = 116) and CN (n = 61) completed 8 daily survey

SUBMITTER: Luther L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755225 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature