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The relationship between the recognition of specific basic emotions and negative symptom domains in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

M. Zierhut ,
K. Boege ,
N. Bergmann ,
I. Hahne ,
A. Braun ,
J. Kraft ,
T.M.T. Ta ,
S. Ripke ,
M. Bajbouj  and
E. Hahn
M. Zierhut*
Affiliation:
Charité - Univerversitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department For Psychiatry And Psychotherapie, Berlin, Germany Berlin Institute of Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Bih Academy, Clinician Scientist Program, Berlin, Germany
K. Boege
Affiliation:
Charité - Univerversitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department For Psychiatry And Psychotherapie, Berlin, Germany
N. Bergmann
Affiliation:
Charité - Univerversitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department For Psychiatry And Psychotherapie, Berlin, Germany
I. Hahne
Affiliation:
Charité - Univerversitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department For Psychiatry And Psychotherapie, Berlin, Germany
A. Braun
Affiliation:
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Department Of Psychiatry And Psychotherapy, Berlin, Germany
J. Kraft
Affiliation:
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Department Of Psychiatry And Psychotherapy, Berlin, Germany
T.M.T. Ta
Affiliation:
Charité - Univerversitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department For Psychiatry And Psychotherapie, Berlin, Germany
S. Ripke
Affiliation:
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Department Of Psychiatry And Psychotherapy, Berlin, Germany
M. Bajbouj
Affiliation:
Charité - Univerversitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department For Psychiatry And Psychotherapie, Berlin, Germany
E. Hahn
Affiliation:
Charité - Univerversitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department For Psychiatry And Psychotherapie, Berlin, Germany
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Current research suggests emotion recognition to be significantly impaired in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD), whereby negative symptoms are theorised to play a crucial role. Emotion recognition deficits are assumed to be predictors of transition from clinical high risk to schizophrenia. So far, little attention has been given hereby to the subdomains of negative symptoms and recognizing the individual basic emotions.

Objectives

Our study aimed to explore the relationship between the recognition of the basic emotions and each negative symptom domain.

Methods

66 patients with a SSD diagnosis were recruited at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Correlational and regression analyses to control for the covariates (age, education, sex) were conducted between the recognition of the six basic emotions (anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise) using the Emotion Recognition Task of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) and the seven different subdomains of negative symptoms of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).

Results

revealed significantly negative correlations of blunted affect with the recognition of happiness, fear, and disgust. Difficulties in abstract thinking, also correlated positively with the recognition of fear. Additionally, we found a significant positive correlation between stereotyped thinking and difficulties in abstract thinking with the response latency in emotion recognition.

Conclusions

Individuals with SSD and domains of negative symptoms showed specific impairments in recognizing the representation of basic emotions. A longitudinal design to make causality statements would be useful for future research. Moreover, emotion recognition should be considered for early detection and individualized treatment.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

schizophréniaEmotion recognitionnegative symptomsPsychosis
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S107 - S108
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