Emotion in Schizophrenia
- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Vol. 8 (5), 160-163
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8721.00038
Abstract
Early theories of schizophrenia emphasized emotional features, yet empirical research into the nature of emotion in schizophrenia has only recently been conducted. Drawing from the paradigms developed by emotion researchers and theorists, a number of replicable findings on emotion in schizophrenia have now emerged. Compared with nonpatients, schizophrenia patients exhibit very few outward displays of emotion, yet they exhibit subtle, microexpressive displays. Schizophrenia patients report experiencing strong emotions in response to emotional material, yet they do not often report experiencing strong pleasant emotions in daily living. These emotion disturbances have important social and intervention implications, and they point to a number of important directions for research.Keywords
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