Moral decision-making is altered in patients with schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous research suggests patients with schizophrenia have altered decision-making when presented with philosophical moral scenarios. However, not much is known about everyday moral decision-making in patients, which can be more relevant to their real-life social functioning.

Methods

32 patients with schizophrenia and 32 control subjects were investigated using everyday moral vignettes. The vignettes consisted of two moral and immoral categories. Participants were asked to rate each vignette in dimensions such as emotional intensity, emotional aversion, harm, self-benefit, other-benefit, pre-mediation, legality, social norm violation, and moral appropriateness.

Results

Patients with schizophrenia evaluated immoral vignettes as less morally inappropriate

SUBMITTER: Ahmadzadeh K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12047836 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature