| Title: |
Ecological monitoring of emotional intensity, variability, and instability in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Results of a multicentre study |
| Authors: |
Zarbo, C; Zamparini, M; Patrono, A; Calini, C; Harvey, PD; Casiraghi, L; Clerici, M; Malvezzi, M; Rocchetti, M; Starace, F; de Girolamo, G |
| Contributors: |
Zarbo, C; Zamparini, M; Patrono, A; Calini, C; Harvey, P; Casiraghi, L; Clerici, M; Malvezzi, M; Rocchetti, M; Starace, F; de Girolamo, G |
| Publisher Information: |
John Wiley and Sons Ltd; GB |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca: BOA (Bicocca Open Archive) |
| Subject Terms: |
emotional instability; emotional variability; experience sampling method; prospective design; psychosi |
| Description: |
Background: Evaluating emotional experiences in the life of people with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder (SSD) is fundamental for developing interventions aimed at promoting well-being in specific times and contexts. However, little is known about emotional variability in this population. In DiAPAson project, we evaluated between- and within-person differences in emotional intensity, variability, and instability between people with SSD and healthy controls, and the association with psychiatric severity and levels of functioning. Methods: 102 individuals diagnosed with SSD (57 residential patients, 46 outpatients) and 112 healthy controls were thoroughly evaluated. Daily emotions were prospectively assessed with Experience Sampling Method eight times a day for a week. Statistical analyses included ANOVA, correlations, and generalized linear models. Results: Participants with SSD, and especially residential patients, had a higher intensity of negative emotions when compared to controls. Moreover, all people with SSD reported a greater between-person-variability of both positive and negative emotions and greater intra-variability of negative emotions than healthy controls. In addition, the emotion variability in people with SSD does not follow a linear or quadratic trend but is more “chaotic” if compared to controls. Conclusions: Adequate assessments of positive and negative emotional experiences and their time course in people with SSD can assist mental health professionals with well-being assessment, implementing targeted interventions through the identification of patterns, triggers, and potential predictors of emotional states. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
STAMPA |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/37728161; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:001068052900001; volume:33; issue:1 (March 2024); journal:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METHODS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH; https://hdl.handle.net/10281/463360 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/mpr.1992 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10281/463360; https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1992 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; license:Creative Commons ; license uri:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.1AA29378 |
| Database: |
BASE |