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Social control and expressed emotion.

J R Greenley

    The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
    |January 1, 1986
    PubMed
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    High expressed emotion in families increases schizophrenia relapse risk. This study views expressed emotion as social control, finding that recognizing schizophrenia as an illness reduces this family control behavior.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychiatry
    • Social Psychology
    • Family Studies

    Background:

    • High "expressed emotion" (EE) in families is linked to increased relapse risk in schizophrenia.
    • The "expressed emotion" measure has been used to assess family dynamics but its construct validity needs further examination.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To conceptualize "expressed emotion" as an indicator of family social control attempts.
    • To assess the construct validity of the "expressed emotion" measure through a social control lens.
    • To examine hypotheses related to family coping mechanisms and the recognition of schizophrenia as a mental illness.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of the information contained within the "expressed emotion" measure.
    • Examination of hypotheses derived from the social control conceptualization.

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  • Analysis of data from the 1972 Brown, Birley, and Wing study.

    • Main Results:

    • The "expressed emotion" measure reflects family attempts at social control.
    • Anxious and fearful families exhibit higher levels of control attempts.
    • Recognition of schizophrenia as a mental illness by families reduces intense social control responses.

    Conclusions:

    • "Expressed emotion" can be validly conceptualized as a measure of family social control.
    • Understanding family dynamics, particularly social control, is crucial for managing schizophrenia relapse.
    • Family recognition of schizophrenia as an illness influences coping strategies and reduces detrimental social control.