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ToolsOnwumere, Juliana, Kuipers, Elizabeth, Bebbington, Paul E., Dunn, G, Freeman, Daniel, Fowler, David G. and Garety, Philippa (2009) Patient perceptions of caregiver criticism in psychosis: links with patient and caregiver functioning. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197 (2). pp. 85-91. ISSN 1539-736X
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Expressed emotion (EE) has been described as a measure of caregivers’ appraisals of the quality of their relationship with patients. However, far less is known about how the perception of their caregivers by patients with psychosis is shaped by caregivers’ EE, and nothing about the clinical correlates of perceived EE. The current study examines the association of patient ratings of carer criticism with patient and carer characteristics. Patient ratings of carer criticism were also compared with the ratings of the carer derived from the Camberwell Family Interview. Sixty-seven patient-carer dyads participated in the cross-sectional study. Perceived carer criticism was associated with general psychopathology in patients, but not with overall levels of positive or negative symptoms of psychosis. Patients with lower levels of social functioning, higher levels of negative affect, and negative schematic beliefs about other people, tended to perceive greater criticism. Perceptions of carer criticism were associated with Camberwell Family Interview ratings of carer criticism, hostility, and high EE independently of affect, and poorer functioning. High EE was a significant predictor of perceived carer criticism. This study supports the validity of using feedback from patients to assess the emotional climate of the family environment.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Psychological Sciences (former - to 2018) |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2010 11:13 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2025 03:23 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/15028 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181960e57 |
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