Abstract
Schizophrenia patients experience difficulties in emotional and social functioning. However, despite well-documented deficits in social functioning, little is known about emotion and mood regulation in this population. In this presentation I analyse the emotion regulation disabilities in schizophrenia from theoretical perspective. Also, I present data from preliminary research verifying the relationship between emotional regulation and social functioning in individuals with schizophrenia and healthy controls. Thirty individuals with schizophrenia and 30 healthy controls completed measures of emotional awareness, emotion regulation, and social functioning. Compared to controls, individuals with schizophrenia displayed significant deficits describing and identifying their emotions Among the schizophrenia group, better social functioning was associated with the to identify, and in particular to describe emotions, better emotion management. The present study highlights the importance of emotion regulation in schizophrenia, pointing to their substantial influence on social functioning above and beyond the impact of neurocognitive functioning.
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