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Published on: September 19, 2019
[Family treatment in schizophrenic adolescents - correlation between symptom state and relationship quality]
S Queri1, A Garbrecht, J Grundmann
1Herzogsägmühle, Innere Mission München, Diakonie in München und Oberbayern, Rehabilitationszentrum für Menschen mit seelischer Behinderung. mail@silviaqueri.de
Objective:
Relationship quality in families with a schizophrenic adolescent is demonstrated by means of the concepts of ambivalence and Expressed Emotions. A concept for the work with families focusing on relationship quality as well as an empirical study analysing the correlation between symptom state and relationship quality are presented.
Methods:
A questionnaire to register the family atmosphere (FEF) and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) were administered to 43 schizophrenic patients.
Results:
The sample replicated the parental relationship styles "criticism" and "emotional over-involvement". Both styles show different correlations with particular symptom areas: uncertainty in social relationships and somatic symptoms support the criticism relationship style and depression protects the adolescents from emotional over-involvement.
Conclusions:
The results are helpful with regard to parent counseling because they enable the parents to develop alternative relationship styles in time.
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