title: Emotional Intelligence in a group of patients with first-episode psychosis in Iran.
abstract: This study was aimed to evaluate the Emotional Intelligence (EI) of a group of patients with first episode psychosis in Iran as compared with a healthy control group. A case-control design was used. EI was assessed using Persian version of Bar-On Emotional Quotient inventory (EQ-i) administered on 25 patients with history of a single psychotic episode in the last two years, as well as 64 healthy participants. The mean (±SD) of EI scores of patients' and healthy controls' group was 319.8 (±40.9) and 328.8 (±33.3), respectively. Two-independent sample t-test revealed no significant difference in the EI scores of two groups (P=0.29). In contrast with chronic schizophrenia, the patients with first-episode psychosis were not different from the healthy subjects in terms of emotional intelligence score. It might be implied that the low emotional intelligence of the patients with chronic psychotic disorders is an accumulative result of the underlying disease over time.
authors.affiliation: Iranian Center for Neurological Research, Imam Khomeini Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Basseda
authors.forename: Homayoun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amini
authors.forename: Vandad
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharifi
authors.forename: Hosein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaviani
authors.forename: Hamid Reza
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Pooretemad
authors.forename: Asieh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zadbood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D055815:Young Adult