Flat affect and social skills in schizophrenia: evidence for their independence

Salem, Jill E.; Kring, Ann M.

doi:10.1016/s0165-1781(99)00068-2

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“…For this study, we used the frequency of positive and negative expressions, respectively, as has been proposed in earlier studies using FACES (e.g. ). The frequency of positive and negative facial expressions, respectively, were summed across the first three intensity levels (level 4 was never used by any coder) and were calculated on a per minute basis as the role‐plays slightly differed in length.…”

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confidence: 89%

The specific social costs of expressive negative symptoms in schizophrenia: reduced smiling predicts interactional outcome

Riehle

Mehl

Lincoln³

2018

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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confidence: 89%

The specific social costs of expressive negative symptoms in schizophrenia: reduced smiling predicts interactional outcome

Riehle

Mehl

Lincoln³

2018

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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“…The results from the present study showed severe deficits in interpersonal problem solving in patients with schizophrenia. The impairments in patients is in good accordance with earlier studies of social problem solving skills in schizophrenia (Addington, Addington & Gasbarre, 2001; Bellack, Sayers, Mueser & Bennett, 1994; Donahoe et al , 1990; Salem & Kring, 1999). We found that the ability to identify social problems, to describe them, to find a solution and act out a solution with adequate non‐verbal language that increases the possibility to solve the problem seem to be poorer in schizophrenic patients compared to their biological siblings and population‐based healthy controls.…”

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confidence: 90%

Video‐based assessment of interpersonal problem solving skills in patients with schizophrenia, their siblings and non‐psychiatric controls

Stålberg

Lichtenstein

Sandin

et al. 2008

Scandinavian J Psychology

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The aim of this study was to analyze social functioning in patients with schizophrenia and their biological relatives with a Swedish version of the video-based vignette test Assessment of Interpersonal Problem Solving Skills (AIPSS). In a new video production with simulated "real life" situations we tested the ability to receive, process and send social information in 25 individuals with a DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, 20 siblings to patients with schizophrenia and 25 randomly selected non-psychiatric controls. The test proved to have good validity and interrater reliability. After controlling for positive or negative symptoms, patients had poor performance especially in acting out solutions leading to effective problem solving. Siblings generally did not differ from controls, but showed some deficiencies in non-verbal language. To conclude, AIPSS is appropriate for use in a Swedish-speaking context and might be useful in research on vulnerability indicators and in assessment of treatment interventions.

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“…Raters coded 2 minutes and 43 seconds of each clip to match the duration of the confederate’s introduction. Several studies have reported high rater agreement (Kring et al, 1993; Kring et al, 1994; Kring and Neale, 1996; Kring and Earnst, 1999; Salem and Kring, 1999) and validity (Kring et al, 1994; Sloan et al, 1997, 2001; Kring and Earnst, 2003) for FACES.…”

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Social anhedonia and affiliation: Examining behavior and subjective reactions within a social interaction

Llerena¹,

Park²,

Couture³

et al. 2012

Psychiatry Research

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Social anhedonia is a promising indicator for the vulnerability towards developing schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and is an important determinant of the social impairment associated with these disorders. It is unknown if social anhedonia is associated with true deficits in experiential reactions or if lower social functioning in social anhedonia reflects behavioral deficits in social skill or initiation of social contact. Using a novel social interaction task, the current study compared controls (n=60) to individuals elevated on social anhedonia (n=49) on observer-rated social skill and facial affect and participant self-reports of their experiential reactions to an affiliative interaction. Compared to the control group, the social anhedonia group was rated as behaviorally less affiliative and less socially skilled during the affiliative interaction. In response to the social interaction, the social anhedonia group reported less change in positive affect, less willingness to engage in future social interactions with the interaction partner, and less positive reactions toward the interaction partner compared to controls. There were no group differences in facial displays of emotion. Using a standardized affiliative stimulus, it was demonstrated that individuals high in social anhedonia have alterations in both their social skill and in their self-reported experiential reactions during a social interaction.

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Flat affect and social skills in schizophrenia: evidence for their independence

Cited by 30 publications

References 20 publications

The specific social costs of expressive negative symptoms in schizophrenia: reduced smiling predicts interactional outcome

The specific social costs of expressive negative symptoms in schizophrenia: reduced smiling predicts interactional outcome

Video‐based assessment of interpersonal problem solving skills in patients with schizophrenia, their siblings and non‐psychiatric controls

Social anhedonia and affiliation: Examining behavior and subjective reactions within a social interaction

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