Disorder-Specific Profiles of Self-Perceived Emotional Abilities in Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder
Deficits in social cognition are a core feature of neuropsychiatric disorders. The purpose of this study was to compare profiles of self-perceived abilities across the core domains of emotional functioning between patients with schizophrenia (<i>n</i> = 22), major depressive disorder (&l...
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| author | Elisabeth M. Weiss Eberhard A. Deisenhammer Andreas Fink Josef Marksteiner Markus Canazei Ilona Papousek |
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| description | Deficits in social cognition are a core feature of neuropsychiatric disorders. The purpose of this study was to compare profiles of self-perceived abilities across the core domains of emotional functioning between patients with schizophrenia (<i>n</i> = 22), major depressive disorder (<i>n</i> = 31) and healthy participants (<i>n</i> = 43) with the Self-report Emotional Ability Scale (SEAS). Profile analyses were used to explore group differences in the overall level of self-perceived effectiveness of emotional functioning and in the patterns in which the four functions of emotion perception and regulation in the intra- and inter-personal domains are arranged to each other. Both patient groups showed significantly lower overall levels of self-perceived emotional functioning compared to healthy controls. Most importantly, we found significant differences between patient groups in their profile patterns. Patients with schizophrenia indicated experiencing difficulties in all investigated domains, but the profile pattern largely matched that of healthy individuals. Instead, the profile of patients with depression was much more accentuated, showing lower perceived effectiveness of emotion perception and regulation in the intra-personal domain compared to inter-personal functions. Our results of disorder-specific emotional deficits may have profound implications for early screening and identification of at-risk populations as well as recovery-oriented interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60e5403d2cfd4973b46d9aa2353888222023-11-24T00:37:57ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252022-03-0112335610.3390/brainsci12030356Disorder-Specific Profiles of Self-Perceived Emotional Abilities in Schizophrenia and Major Depressive DisorderElisabeth M. Weiss0Eberhard A. Deisenhammer1Andreas Fink2Josef Marksteiner3Markus Canazei4Ilona Papousek5Department of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Medical Psychology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, AustriaDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy A, Hall State Hospital, 6060 Hall in Tirol, AustriaDepartment of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, AustriaDeficits in social cognition are a core feature of neuropsychiatric disorders. The purpose of this study was to compare profiles of self-perceived abilities across the core domains of emotional functioning between patients with schizophrenia (<i>n</i> = 22), major depressive disorder (<i>n</i> = 31) and healthy participants (<i>n</i> = 43) with the Self-report Emotional Ability Scale (SEAS). Profile analyses were used to explore group differences in the overall level of self-perceived effectiveness of emotional functioning and in the patterns in which the four functions of emotion perception and regulation in the intra- and inter-personal domains are arranged to each other. Both patient groups showed significantly lower overall levels of self-perceived emotional functioning compared to healthy controls. Most importantly, we found significant differences between patient groups in their profile patterns. Patients with schizophrenia indicated experiencing difficulties in all investigated domains, but the profile pattern largely matched that of healthy individuals. Instead, the profile of patients with depression was much more accentuated, showing lower perceived effectiveness of emotion perception and regulation in the intra-personal domain compared to inter-personal functions. Our results of disorder-specific emotional deficits may have profound implications for early screening and identification of at-risk populations as well as recovery-oriented interventions.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/3/356schizophreniamajor depressive disorderemotion perceptionemotion regulationemotional self-efficacy |
| spellingShingle | Elisabeth M. Weiss Eberhard A. Deisenhammer Andreas Fink Josef Marksteiner Markus Canazei Ilona Papousek Disorder-Specific Profiles of Self-Perceived Emotional Abilities in Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder Brain Sciences schizophrenia major depressive disorder emotion perception emotion regulation emotional self-efficacy |
| title | Disorder-Specific Profiles of Self-Perceived Emotional Abilities in Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder |
| title_full | Disorder-Specific Profiles of Self-Perceived Emotional Abilities in Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder |
| title_fullStr | Disorder-Specific Profiles of Self-Perceived Emotional Abilities in Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disorder-Specific Profiles of Self-Perceived Emotional Abilities in Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder |
| title_short | Disorder-Specific Profiles of Self-Perceived Emotional Abilities in Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder |
| title_sort | disorder specific profiles of self perceived emotional abilities in schizophrenia and major depressive disorder |
| topic | schizophrenia major depressive disorder emotion perception emotion regulation emotional self-efficacy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/3/356 |
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