Vivas, A.B., Hussain-Showaiter, S.M. and Overton, P.G. orcid.org/0000-0003-4334-261X (2021) Schizophrenia decreases guilt and increases self-disgust : potential role of altered executive function. Applied Neuropsychology, 30 (4). pp. 447-457. ISSN 0908-4282
Abstract
Our knowledge of how the more complex self-conscious emotions (SCEs) are affected in schizophrenia is sparse. SCEs, unlike basic emotions, involve sophisticated frontal-lobe-related cognition, impairment of which characterizes the neurocognitive profile of schizophrenia. We investigated, in a cross-sectional study, whether SCEs (shame, guilt and self-disgust) are affected in schizophrenia, and the relationship between changes in SCEs and executive (dys)function. Twenty-nine Greek and thirty Arabic patients with schizophrenia were recruited alongside twenty-two Greek and thirty Arabic matched controls. Participants were administered the Self-Disgust Scale (TOSCA for shame and guilt was also administered to the Greek sample), and the Trail Making and Verbal Fluency Tests to measure executive function (EF). Trait levels of self-disgust and guilt were found to be higher and lower, respectively, in patients with schizophrenia relative to control participants; and poorer EF was related with higher trait levels of SD, but lower trait levels of guilt. The pattern of findings was largely unaffected when controlling for anxiety and depression. Given that altered levels of SCEs are closely related to poorer EF, we suggest that the link between EF and emotion regulation, widely established in basic emotions but under-studied in SCEs, may explain the current findings.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Applied Neuropsychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Executive functions; schizophrenia; self-conscious emotions |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2021 08:59 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2024 07:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/23279095.2021.1956497 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176172 |