Abstract
To examine the relationship between affect expression and affect recognition, we assessed 30 clinically stable, medicated schizophrenic inpatients. Affect expression was assessed using both a standard clinical rating scale (SANS) and a computerized acoustic voice analysis (VOXCOM). Affect recognition was assessed using the Florida Affect Battery (FAB). The schizophrenics' performance on the FAB was impaired, indicating broad deficits in affect recognition (p < 0.05). There were no significant correlations between measures of affect expression and affect recognition, suggesting that the expressive impairment in schizophrenia is not related to their ability to discern emotions in others. SANS Inappropriate Affect, however, was negatively correlated with facial affect recognition (p = 0.001), suggesting that raters impression of inappropriate affect may indicate a failure in the process of affect attunement.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 245-250 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Schizophrenia Research |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 22 1999 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and MH 30854. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Ms Sarah Rawson and David Ringo, M.D.
Keywords
- Affect
- Schizophrenia
- VOXCOM
