A Study on Schizophrenia Group: Expressed Emotion, Resilience and Social Support

Mohini Gupta; Mr. Neelabh Prajapati; Dr. Rajendra k Sharma

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A Study on Schizophrenia Group: Expressed Emotion, Resilience and Social Support

Mohini Gupta

Mphil 2nd year student of Clinical psychology in Amity University, Gwalior, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Mr. Neelabh Prajapati

Assistant professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Amity University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Rajendra k Sharma

Associate Professor & Head, Department of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.111/20190702

DOI: 10.25215/0702.111

ABSTRACT

The aim of study was conducted to examine the relationship between Expressed Emotion, Resilience and Social Support in caregivers of patient with schizophrenia. A socio-demographic Performa, The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ -12) Goldberg’s (1978), State and PANSS is used for diagnosis and severity of symptoms in schizophrenic (Stanley Kay, Lewis Opler, and Abraham Fiszbein), Family Emotional-over involvement and perceived criticism scale Shield et .al. 1992), FRAS ( sixbey 2005), Interpersonal support Evolution questionnaire Cohen, S., & Hoberman, H. (1983) were administered on 30 caregivers and patients in psychiatric hospital, Gwalior. Data was analyzed for Pearson correlation using SPSS version 23. Results indicated Social support and resilience has positive correlation. The findings suggests that high social support increase more resilience in caregiver.

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Expressed Emotion, Resilience, Social Support, Schizophrenia

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How to cite this article: M Gupta, N Prajapati and R K Sharma (2019). A Study on Schizophrenia Group: Expressed Emotion, Resilience and Social Support. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 7(2), 920-926. DIP:18.01.111/20190702, DOI:10.25215/0702.111