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Evaluation of relations between self-influence on the course of schizophrenia and of personality traits - temperament and alexithymia
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Abstract
Material and methods. In the first study took part 95 persons (42 women, 52 men) of mean age 45.53 (SD = 16.44). In the second study took part 90 persons (36 women, 54 men) of mean age 42,63 (SD=12,75). In both studies participants were outpatients and inpatients with schizophrenia according to International Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems. They filled self-ratings scales in the first study: Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Brief Measure to Assess Perception of Self-Influence on the Disease Course - 13 items version for schizophrenia; in the second study: Emotionality, Activity and Sociability Temperament Survey (EAS-D), Brief Measure to Assess Perception of Self-Influence on the Disease Course - 5 items version for schizophrenia.
Results and conclusions. It was observed no significant correlation between self-influence on the disease course and alexithymia. It was also found that self-influence on the schizophrenia course is not related to biological conditioned dimension of personality - temperament (only Sociability scale of EAS-D correlates with self-influence on the disease course). The study confirms earlier results that traits of alexithymia are related to schizophrenia.
Psychiatry 2010; 7, 1: 25-32
Abstract
Material and methods. In the first study took part 95 persons (42 women, 52 men) of mean age 45.53 (SD = 16.44). In the second study took part 90 persons (36 women, 54 men) of mean age 42,63 (SD=12,75). In both studies participants were outpatients and inpatients with schizophrenia according to International Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems. They filled self-ratings scales in the first study: Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Brief Measure to Assess Perception of Self-Influence on the Disease Course - 13 items version for schizophrenia; in the second study: Emotionality, Activity and Sociability Temperament Survey (EAS-D), Brief Measure to Assess Perception of Self-Influence on the Disease Course - 5 items version for schizophrenia.
Results and conclusions. It was observed no significant correlation between self-influence on the disease course and alexithymia. It was also found that self-influence on the schizophrenia course is not related to biological conditioned dimension of personality - temperament (only Sociability scale of EAS-D correlates with self-influence on the disease course). The study confirms earlier results that traits of alexithymia are related to schizophrenia.
Psychiatry 2010; 7, 1: 25-32
Keywords
schizophrenia; self-influence on the disease course; temperament; alexithymia
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Evaluation of relations between self-influence on the course of schizophrenia and of personality traits - temperament and alexithymia
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Issue
Article type
Research paper
Pages
25-32
Published online
2010-03-24
Bibliographic record
Psychiatria 2010;7(1):25-32.
Keywords
schizophrenia
self-influence on the disease course
temperament
alexithymia
Authors
Agnieszka Sym
Łukasz Gawęda
Julia Wiktorska-Zapała
Joanna Kreczmańska
Krzysztof Staniszewski
Agnieszka Łukasiewicz
Andrzej Kokoszka