Emotion recognition in patients with schizophrenia: The role of sex

• Mar Fernández-Modamio ^[2] ; David Gil-Sanz ^[3] ; Marta Arrieta-Rodríguez ^[3] ; Juan Gómez de Tojeiro-Roce ^[3] ; Rosario Bengochea-Seco ^[3] ; Eduardo González-Fraile ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

     Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

     Logroño, España

     
  2. [2] Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria IDIVAL
  3. [3] Centro Hospitalario Padre Menni

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• Localización: Psicothema, ISSN-e 1886-144X, ISSN 0214-9915, Vol. 32, Nº. 2, 2020, págs. 197-203
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2019.310
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Reconocimiento de emociones en pacientes con esquizofrenia: el papel del sexo
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    Antecedentes: a pesar de haber abundante investigación sobre el reconocimiento de emociones en esquizofrenia, hay algunas cuestiones sobre las que no hay datos concluyentes. El presente estudio valoró una de esas cuestiones: el papel del género en el reconocimiento de emociones. Método: la muestra estuvo compuesta por 440 sujetos, 220 pacientes con esquizofrenia y 220 controles. Se tomaron medidas de las seis emociones básicas, psicopatología y funcionamiento cognitivo. Los datos se analizaron mediante un ANOVA de medidas repetidas. Resultados: los controles percibieron todas las emociones mejor que los pacientes, excepto la alegría. En los pacientes destacaron tres resultados: 1) los hombres reconocieron mejor el asco y la expresión neutra; 2) las emociones de alegría y tristeza se reconocieron mejor en caras femeninas, y el asco en masculinas; 3) se observó un efecto de interacción entre el género de la fotografía y del participante solo para la emoción de miedo. Conclusiones: los resultados apoyan que el déficit en el reconocimiento de emociones es un rasgo característico de la esquizofrenia, que afecta tanto a hombres como a mujeres. No se observa un patrón claro de interacciones entre el género del participante y el género de la imagen usada como estímulo.

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    Background: Despite the abundant research on emotion recognition in schizophrenia, there are still some issues about which there is no conclusive data. The present study examined one these issues: the role that sex plays in emotion recognition. Method: The sample consisted of 440 participants, 220 patients with schizophrenia and 220 controls. Measures of the six basic emotions, psychopathology, and cognitive functioning were taken. The data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: Controls perceived all emotions, except happiness, better than patients. In the patient group three main results were obtained: 1) men recognized disgust and neutral expressions better than women; 2) happiness and sadness were better recognized on female faces, while disgust and neutral expressions were better recognized on male faces; and 3) a significant interaction was seen between the stimulus sex and the participant sex only for the fear emotion. Conclusions: The results obtained support the hypothesis that deficits in the recognition of emotions is a core feature of schizophrenia that affects both men and women to the same extent. There is no clear pattern of interaction between the sex of the perceiver and the sex of the photograph used as a stimulus

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