title: Family interactions of schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients: determinants of relatives' negativity.
abstract: Videotaped family problem-solving interactions of 57 schizophrenic or schizoaffective patients and their relatives were examined for predictors of negativity of their communication behavior. Ratings of patients' behaviors and independent assessments of patients' symptomatology were used to predict the negativity of relatives in the videotaped interaction. The results indicated that severity of symptomatology was not related to relatives' negativity. Patients' social skill, as independently assessed by a role-play test, also was not associated with relatives' negativity. The regression results suggest that with both members of a patient-relative dyad, the quality of communication in a discussion is related to the other participant's level of negativity.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia 19129, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Sayers
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bellack
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Mueser
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Tierney
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wade
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009341:Negativism; D010359:Patient Readmission; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011340:Problem Solving; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012381:Role Playing; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology