Quality versus quantity: Determining real-world social functioning deficits in schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: Social dysfunction is a hallmark of schizophrenia that is associated with emotional disturbances. Researchers have employed ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to measure social and emotional functioning in people with schizophrenia. Yet, few studies have evaluated quality of real-world social interactions, and it is unclear how interactions impact emotional experiences in this population. Using novel EMA that passively collects audio data, we examined daily social behavior and emotion in schizophrenia (n = 38) and control (n = 36) groups. Contrary to hypotheses, both groups interacted with others at the same rate and exhibited similar levels of positive emotion. However, as expected, the schizophrenia group exhibited significantly less high-quality interactions and reported more negativ

SUBMITTER: Abel DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8206017 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature