Abstract
The present study explored the association of caregivers' expressed
emotions (EE) and relapse symptoms severity (RSS) in adult
schizophrenics (N = 100). It also examined the association of caregivers’
common mental disorders caseness (CMD caseness) with their EE level
and patients’ RSS. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (Overall & Gorham,
1962), Family Attitude Scale (Kavanagh et al., 1997), and Self Report
Questionnare-20 (Harding et al., 1980) were used to assess the symptoms
severity level of patients, expressed emotions, and common mental
disorders caseness, respectively. Results showed that high EE
significantly predicted patients’ RSS and CMDs caseness of caregivers.
Furthermore, RSS explained a unique variance in caregivers’ CMDs after
controlling for caregivers’ expressed emotions. Significant gender
differences were found in EE and RSS and caregivers with education of
middle or below scored highest on EE, RSS, and CMDs.
Samreen Arshad, Farah Qadir, Adnan Adil. (2011) Impact of Caregivers’ Expressed Emotions on their Mental Health and Relapse Symptoms Severity among Schizophrenics, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 2.
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