Stubbe D E, Zahner G E, Goldstein M J, Leckman J F
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1993 Feb;34(2):139-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb00976.x.
The association between expressed emotion (EE) and psychiatric disorders was investigated in a community survey of 108 preadolescent children. Results indicated that the two components of EE, critical comments and emotional overinvolvement, identified non-overlapping subsets of families and displayed diagnostic specificity. Significantly higher rates of disruptive behavior diagnoses were observed in children of parents who expressed high levels of criticism, while children of parents who expressed high levels of emotional overinvolvement were significantly more likely to have an anxiety disorder when compared to the remaining sample. Findings support the utility of this brief measure of EE in epidemiologic samples.
在一项针对108名青春期前儿童的社区调查中，研究了表达性情绪（EE）与精神疾病之间的关联。结果表明，EE的两个组成部分，即批评性评论和情感过度卷入，识别出了不重叠的家庭子集，并显示出诊断特异性。在父母表达高度批评的孩子中，破坏性行为诊断的发生率显著更高，而与其余样本相比，父母表达高度情感过度卷入的孩子患焦虑症的可能性显著更高。研究结果支持了这种EE简短测量方法在流行病学样本中的实用性。
