Behavioral inhibition in neutral and emotional contexts in
acutely violent patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

J 2023

Behavioral inhibition in neutral and emotional contexts in acutely violent patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

JURICKOVA, Veronika, Pavla LINHARTOVÁ, Petr ADAMEK, Andrea NICHTOVA, Jakub FIGUEROA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Behavioral inhibition in neutral and emotional contexts in acutely violent patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Authors

JURICKOVA, Veronika (203 Czech Republic), Pavla LINHARTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr ADAMEK (203 Czech Republic), Andrea NICHTOVA (203 Czech Republic), Jakub FIGUEROA (203 Czech Republic), Marek PAV (203 Czech Republic), Marek PREISS (203 Czech Republic) and Jan VEVERA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Current Psychology, NEW YORK, SPRINGER, 2023, 1046-1310

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30215 Psychiatry

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.800 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/23:00130006

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03415-1

UT WoS

000836693900006

Keywords in English

Emotional stop-signal task; Response inhibition; Emotion regulation; Schizophrenia spectrum disorder; Violence

Abstract

V originále

Reduced impulse control and emotion dysregulation are associated with an increased risk of violence in psychosis. We used an emotional stop-signal task (ESST) with angry and neutral facial expressions stimuli to examine the differences in inhibition in neutral and emotional contexts between acutely violent (N=117) and non-violent (N= 50) patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and healthy volunteers (N= 50). However, 66 violent patients (56.41%) from the final sample with a higher level of self-reported impulsivity did not finish the behavioral task. Inhibition was found to be weaker in emotional than in neutral contexts in both the violent (n = 51) and non-violent patient groups in comparison with healthy controls. At the same time, violent patients had weaker inhibition in both neutral and emotional contexts than non-violent patients and healthy controls. Violent patients also showed significant associations between response inhibition and positive schizophrenia symptoms. These results show that emotion regulation impairment is present in schizophrenia patients in general and violent behavior is associated with higher impulsivity regardless of the emotional context. Impaired response inhibition seems to be a stronger indicator for violent patients than the disorder itself, and it may constitute a marker for the risk of violent behavior in psychotic patients. Positive symptoms might fall into underlying factors of increased impulsivity in acutely violent psychotic patients. However, the emotional stop-signal task seemed to be too strenuous for highly impulsive patients and acutely violent patients with psychosis, and its use was limited to the patients who were able or willing to complete the task.

Links

MUNI/A/1385/2021, interní kód MU

Name: Elektrofyziologické a neurozobrazovací metody v psychiatrii (Acronym: ELENE)

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

JURICKOVA, Veronika, Pavla LINHARTOVÁ, Petr ADAMEK, Andrea NICHTOVA, Jakub FIGUEROA, Marek PAV, Marek PREISS and Jan VEVERA. Behavioral inhibition in neutral and emotional contexts in acutely violent patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Current Psychology. NEW YORK: SPRINGER, 2023, vol. 42, No 28, p. 24088-24096. ISSN 1046-1310. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03415-1.

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N2  - Reduced impulse control and emotion dysregulation are associated with an increased risk of violence in psychosis. We used an emotional stop-signal task (ESST) with angry and neutral facial expressions stimuli to examine the differences in inhibition in neutral and emotional contexts between acutely violent (N=117) and non-violent (N= 50) patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and healthy volunteers (N= 50). However, 66 violent patients (56.41%) from the final sample with a higher level of self-reported impulsivity did not finish the behavioral task. Inhibition was found to be weaker in emotional than in neutral contexts in both the violent (n = 51) and non-violent patient groups in comparison with healthy controls. At the same time, violent patients had weaker inhibition in both neutral and emotional contexts than non-violent patients and healthy controls. Violent patients also showed significant associations between response inhibition and positive schizophrenia symptoms. These results show that emotion regulation impairment is present in schizophrenia patients in general and violent behavior is associated with higher impulsivity regardless of the emotional context. Impaired response inhibition seems to be a stronger indicator for violent patients than the disorder itself, and it may constitute a marker for the risk of violent behavior in psychotic patients. Positive symptoms might fall into underlying factors of increased impulsivity in acutely violent psychotic patients. However, the emotional stop-signal task seemed to be too strenuous for highly impulsive patients and acutely violent patients with psychosis, and its use was limited to the patients who were able or willing to complete the task.
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JURICKOVA, Veronika, Pavla LINHARTOVÁ, Petr ADAMEK, Andrea NICHTOVA, Jakub FIGUEROA, Marek PAV, Marek PREISS and Jan VEVERA. Behavioral inhibition in neutral and emotional contexts in acutely violent patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. \textit{Current Psychology}. NEW YORK: SPRINGER, 2023, vol.~42, No~28, p.~24088-24096. ISSN~1046-1310. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03415-1.

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