Touraj Hashemi Nosratabad
Department of Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, IranPublications
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Research Article
The Comparison of Negative Facial Expressions Ability among Schizophrenic Spectrum Patients (Paranoid/Non- paranoid), Their Siblings and Healthy People
Author(s): Nazanin Seyed Yaghoubi*, Leila Shateri, Abbas Bakhshipour Rudsar, Touraj Hashemi Nosratabad and Naimeh Mashinchi Abbasi
Introduction: According to literature schizophrenic patients have problems in cognitive domains, particularly social cognition and it’s one of the most studied social cognition processes in schizophrenia. The present study aims to investigate the ability to recognize negative facial expressions in schizophrenic patients (paranoid/non-paranoid) in comparison with their siblings and healthy people. Methods: This research was conducted with comparative method and the population was schizophrenic spectrum patients (paranoid/ non-paranoid), their siblings and healthy people. Using convenience sampling, 60 paranoid schizophrenic patients and 60 non-paranoid schizophrenic patients, 119 siblings, and 30 healthy people were selected. Ekman test which displays 60 pictures used to measure facial expressions recognition ability. The results were a.. Read More»