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Social affiliation and negative symptoms in schizophrenia: examining the role of behavioral skills and subjective responding

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Blanchard, Jack J., Park, Stephanie G., Catalano, Lauren T., Bennett, Melanie E.·2015·Schizophrenia Research

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Schizophrenia is characterized by profound impairment in the motivation for social affiliation. Negative symptoms are associated with such impairment but the contribution of behavioral skill deficits is unclear. In this study we utilized a novel video paradigm to assess performance-based affiliative behavioral skills in individuals with schizophrenia (N=48) and community controls (N=29). Individuals with schizophrenia displayed significant impairment in behavioral affiliative skills compared to controls; however, in response to the affiliative interaction the groups did not differ on self-reported affective responding, appraisal of the interaction partner, or desire to interact with the partner in the future. Importantly, within the patient group more severe negative symptoms (particularly those related to motivation and pleasure) were associated with poorer affiliative social skills and this relationship was independent of instrumental (non-social) skills, depression or positive symptoms. More severe negative symptoms were also associated with less positive affect in response to the interaction and less positive appraisals of the interaction partner. Self-reported social anhedonia was related to patients' diminished willingness to interact with the partner in the future. These results demonstrate that negative symptoms in schizophrenia are related to both affiliative skill deficits and less affiliative subjective responses to interaction partners.

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Authors
Blanchard, J. J., Park, S. G., Catalano, L. T., & Bennett, M. E.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
Corresponding author
Blanchard, Jack J.
Venue
Schizophrenia Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-10
Volume
168
Issue
1-2
Pages
491-497
ISSN
0920-9964 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1780452950
Cited by
82
References
51
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Schizophrenia Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH082839)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Keywords
schizophrenia, negative symptoms
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Interview, Psychological, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological Tests, Psychotic Disorders, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Video Recording, Self Report, Anhedonia, Social Skills

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