PMID- 19363384
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090511
LR  - 20090413
IS  - 1539-736X (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-3018 (Linking)
VI  - 197
IP  - 4
DP  - 2009 Apr
TI  - Passive/apathetic social withdrawal and active social avoidance in schizophrenia: 
      difference in underlying psychological processes.
PG  - 274-7
LID - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31819dbd36 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Social withdrawal, a core feature of negative symptoms, is 
      differentiated into passive social withdrawal (PSW) and active social avoidance 
      (ASA). We examined whether this differentiation was related to differences in 
      underlying psychological processes of object relations and reality testing. 
      METHOD: Two hundred seventy-two outpatients with schizophrenia and 
      schizoaffective disorders from VA Connecticut Healthcare System/Connecticut 
      Mental Health Center were evaluated using the Bell Object Relations and Reality 
      Testing Inventory (BORRTI) and the Positive And Negative Symptoms Scale. RESULTS: 
      Distinct patterns were found; PSW was associated with object relation subscales 
      explaining 5% of the variance, ASA was associated with object relations and all 
      reality testing subscales explaining 12% of the variance. CONCLUSIONS: Findings 
      suggest differences in the underlying mechanisms behind PSW and ASA, confirming 
      that PSW is a primary negative symptom, while ASA is related more to positive 
      symptoms.
FAU - Hansen, Charlotte Fredslund
AU  - Hansen CF
AD  - Department Of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 
      c.f.hansen@psykologi.uio.no
FAU - Torgalsboen, Anne-Kari
AU  - Torgalsboen AK
FAU - Melle, Ingrid
AU  - Melle I
FAU - Bell, Morris D
AU  - Bell MD
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Nerv Ment Dis
JT  - The Journal of nervous and mental disease
JID - 0375402
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interpersonal Relations
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychotic Disorders/epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - *Schizophrenia/epidemiology
MH  - *Schizophrenic Psychology
MH  - Social Isolation/*psychology
EDAT- 2009/04/14 09:00
MHDA- 2009/05/12 09:00
CRDT- 2009/04/14 09:00
PHST- 2009/04/14 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/04/14 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/05/12 09:00 [medline]
AID - 00005053-200904000-00009 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31819dbd36 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009 Apr;197(4):274-7. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31819dbd36.