Prediction of relapse of schizophrenic patients: Camberwell Family Interview versus content analysis of verbal behavior.
In a replication of the study by Gottschalk et al. (1988), expressed emotion scores derived from the Camberwell Family Interview were compared with Anxiety and Overt Hostility Outward scores from a content analysis of verbal behavior based on a 10-minute speech sample from parents of 49 German schizophrenic inpatients. The scores from the two methods were significantly correlated, but only expressed emotion scores predicted relapse during a 12-month followup. Scores from the Gottschalk-Gleser content analysis did not exceed chance level in prediction of relapse.
Niedermeier
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University of Konstanz, Germany.
Watzl
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Cohen
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D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior