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ArticleSchizophrenia research2025

Affective predictors of social support in individuals with schizophrenia.

David Kimhy, Julia Vakhrusheva, Vance Zemon

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David KimhyDepartment of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States of America; New York MIRECC, The James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, United States of America. Electronic address: david.kimhy@mssm.edu.
Julia VakhrushevaDepartment of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America.
Vance ZemonFerkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, United States of America.

Funding

Psychosis in Schizophrenia: Mechanisms of RecoveryK23MH077653 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KIMHY, DAVID · 2007 to 2011
$883k
The Influence of Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive Functioning in SchizophreniaR21MH096132 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KIMHY, DAVID · 2012 to 2013
$432k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH077653NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH096132
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Abstract

backgroundSocial Support has been found to contribute to lower mental illness burden, higher treatment adherence, enhanced social functioning, and better quality of life. Individuals with schizophrenia report lower social support compared to non-clinical populations, yet the factors contributing to this discrepancy are not fully clear. Specifically, the person-related variables that may enhance or hinder SS in people with schizophrenia are unknown. Evidence from affective neuroscience research has implicated emotion awareness and regulation as key predictors of social functioning, a correlate of social support. However, their potential impact on social support in schizophrenia has not been investigated.

methodsWe examined emotion awareness, emotion regulation and social support in 90 individuals with schizophrenia and 26 healthy controls.

resultsThe schizophrenia group reported significantly poorer emotion awareness, more frequent use of suppression to regulate emotions, as well as lower social support. Within the schizophrenia group, results from mediation analyses pointed to significant indirect effects of specific emotion regulation strategies on social support through emotion awareness, with use of suppression predicting lower social support via decreased emotion awareness, and conversely, use of cognitive reappraisal predicting greater social support via increased emotion awareness. Notably, emotion awareness was more strongly associated with social support from friends than from family members.

conclusionsThe results highlight poor emotion awareness as a key variable critical to enhancing social support in people schizophrenia. We discuss potential mechanisms underlying the links between emotion awareness, emotion regulation, and SS, along with the therapeutic implications of the findings.

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Emotional RegulationSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologySocial SupportAdultAwarenessFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedAlexithymiaEmotion awarenessEmotion regulationSchizophreniaSocial functioningSocial support

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PMCPMC12186198

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