Differential correlates of criticism versus emotional overinvolvement towards patients with schizophrenia living in halfway houses or with their families.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study systematically searched for differential correlates of criticism vs. emotional overinvolvement (EOI) towards patients with schizophrenia in families and halfway houses, which have only incidentally been reported in previous research. Identified patterns were compared across settings.

Methods

We included 40 inpatients with schizophrenia living in halfway houses and 40 outpatients living with their families and recorded the expressed emotion (EE) of 22 psychiatric nurses or 56 parents, respectively, through Five Minutes Speech Samples. Each nurse rated 1-12 inpatients and each inpatient was rated by 2-5 nurses. Each outpatient was rated by one or both parents. As EE ratings had a multilevel structure, weighted Spearman correlations of criticism and EOI with

SUBMITTER: Ferentinos P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11464640 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature