Department of Psychology, IUPUI School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2020 Dec;76(12):2212-2221. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23010. Epub 2020 Jul 2.
Social deficits are already exhibited by people at risk for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Technological advances have made passive detection of social deficits possible at granular levels.
In this real-world study, we tested if schizotypy status (high/low) predicted two types of social behavior: (1) being around other people; and (2) actively socializing with others. We also examined if schizotypy influences relationships between social behavior and affect using subjective and objective instruments.
Our findings revealed that socializing with others was significantly decreased in the high schizotypy group. Positive affect increased in social situations and predicted later social behavior in those low, but not high, in schizotypy.
Decreased social behavior in schizotypy may be explained, in part, by these individuals being less incentivized than their peers to pursue social situations. Future studies should test this explanation in larger samples exhibiting elevated positive, negative, and disorganized schizotypy traits.
具有精神分裂症谱系障碍风险的人群已经表现出社交缺陷。技术进步使得对社交缺陷进行颗粒度级别的被动检测成为可能。
在这项真实世界的研究中,我们测试了精神分裂症特质(高/低)是否预测了两种社交行为:(1)与他人相处;(2)主动与他人交往。我们还研究了精神分裂症特质是否通过主观和客观工具影响社交行为和情绪之间的关系。
我们的研究结果表明,高精神分裂症特质组的社交行为显著减少。积极情绪在社交情境中增加,并预测了处于低精神分裂症特质但不是高精神分裂症特质人群的后期社交行为。
精神分裂症特质中社交行为的减少部分可以解释为这些个体与同龄人相比,追求社交情境的动机较小。未来的研究应该在表现出较高的阳性、阴性和紊乱性精神分裂症特质的更大样本中检验这一解释。