TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental Affective Style and the Treatment of Schizophrenia
T2 - Predicting Course of Illness and Social Functioning
AU - Doane, Jeri A.
AU - Falloon, Ian R.H.
AU - Goldstein, Michael J.
AU - Mintz, Jim
PY - 1985/1
Y1 - 1985/1
N2 - In a randomized controlled study, the affective style (AS) of parents of schizophrenics in clinic-based individual treatment groups and home-based family treatment groups was compared prior to treatment and again three months after treatment had begun. Affective style is an index reflecting the quality of the family emotional climate, measured from face-toface discussion. Pretherapy and posttherapy measures of negative AS were significantly predictive of relapse within the nine-month treatment period for patients in individual treatment. In addition, for both treatment groups, a negative AS pattern at the posttherapy reassessment was significantly associated with decreased patient social functioning, reduced ability of the family to absorb the family intervention, and lower capacity of the family to cope with everyday family stresses. The results suggest that AS is an important intrafamilial attribute, with implications for treatment strategy and planning.
AB - In a randomized controlled study, the affective style (AS) of parents of schizophrenics in clinic-based individual treatment groups and home-based family treatment groups was compared prior to treatment and again three months after treatment had begun. Affective style is an index reflecting the quality of the family emotional climate, measured from face-toface discussion. Pretherapy and posttherapy measures of negative AS were significantly predictive of relapse within the nine-month treatment period for patients in individual treatment. In addition, for both treatment groups, a negative AS pattern at the posttherapy reassessment was significantly associated with decreased patient social functioning, reduced ability of the family to absorb the family intervention, and lower capacity of the family to cope with everyday family stresses. The results suggest that AS is an important intrafamilial attribute, with implications for treatment strategy and planning.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpsyc.1985.01790240036004
DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1985.01790240036004
M3 - Article
C2 - 3966851
AN - SCOPUS:0021919785
VL - 42
SP - 34
EP - 42
JO - JAMA Psychiatry
JF - JAMA Psychiatry
SN - 2168-622X
IS - 1
ER -