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  • Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience
  • Social Cognition

Background:

  • Emotional intelligence (EI) is a key aspect of social cognition, though its conceptualization is debated.
  • Despite critiques, ability-based EI, particularly the Mayer-Salovey model, remains a focus in schizophrenia research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review recent literature on ability-based emotional intelligence in schizophrenia.
  • To examine associations between EI and clinical/neuropsychological features in schizophrenia.
  • To explore the potential endophenotypic role of EI in schizophrenia.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of studies published between October 2015 and October 2016.
  • Analysis of research investigating EI in relation to schizophrenia symptoms, executive functioning, and other clinical markers.
  • Inclusion of studies examining oxytocin's effect on EI and EI as a potential endophenotype.

Main Results:

  • Patients with schizophrenia demonstrate significant impairments in ability-based emotional intelligence.
  • Non-social cognition, positive symptoms, and anomalous self-experiences are strongly associated with EI deficits in schizophrenia.
  • One study explored oxytocin's influence on EI, while another investigated EI's potential endophenotypic role.

Conclusions:

  • Ability-based emotional intelligence is impaired in individuals with schizophrenia.
  • EI deficits are linked to specific clinical and cognitive features within schizophrenia.
  • The role of ability-based emotional intelligence as an endophenotype for schizophrenia requires further investigation.