Cutting L P, Docherty N M
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Ohio 44242, USA.
J Abnorm Psychol. 2000 May;109(2):266-72.
The factors that mediate the association between expressed emotion (EE) and relapse in schizophrenia patients are still unknown. Many researchers hypothesize that interactions with high-EE individuals are stressful for patients, leaving them vulnerable to relapse. It would be useful to investigate whether patients perceive interactions with high-EE parents as stressful. In this study, associations were examined between levels of EE in parents and the types of personal memories patients had about these parents. EE ratings were obtained for both parents of 27 schizophrenia outpatients, and patients were asked to describe "happy, nonstressful" memories and "unhappy, stressful" memories during 2 interviews. Patients recounted fewer nonstressful memories and more stressful memories about high-versus low-EE parents. Implications of these results are discussed.
介导精神分裂症患者中表达性情绪（EE）与复发之间关联的因素仍不清楚。许多研究人员推测，与高EE个体的互动对患者来说是有压力的，使他们容易复发。研究患者是否将与高EE父母的互动视为有压力的会很有用。在这项研究中，研究了父母的EE水平与患者对这些父母的个人记忆类型之间的关联。对27名精神分裂症门诊患者的父母双方都进行了EE评分，并要求患者在两次访谈中描述“快乐、无压力”的记忆和“不快乐、有压力”的记忆。与低EE父母相比，患者讲述的关于高EE父母的无压力记忆更少，有压力记忆更多。讨论了这些结果的意义。
