PMID- 24576106 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160819 LR - 20231110 IS - 1751-7893 (Electronic) IS - 1751-7885 (Print) IS - 1751-7885 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 6 DP - 2015 Dec TI - Perceptions of family criticism and warmth and their link to symptom expression in racially/ethnically diverse adolescents and young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis. PG - 476-86 LID - 10.1111/eip.12131 [doi] AB - AIM: Little is known about the role of expressed emotion (EE) in early symptom expression in individuals at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis. In patients with established schizophrenia, the effects of EE on clinical outcomes have purportedly varied across racial/ethnic groups, but this has not yet been investigated among CHR patients. Furthermore, studies have traditionally focused upon caregiver levels of EE via interview-based ratings, whereas the literature on patient perceptions of caregiver EE on psychosis symptoms is relatively limited. METHODS: Linear regression models were conducted to examine the impact of criticism and perceived warmth in the family environment, from the CHR patient's perspective, on positive and negative symptom expression in non-Latino white (NLW; n = 38) and Latino (n = 11) adolescents and young adults at CHR for developing psychosis. RESULTS: Analyses examining the sample as a whole demonstrated that perceived levels of maternal criticism were negatively associated with negative CHR symptomatology. Additional analyses indicated that race/ethnicity moderated the relationship between criticism/warmth and clinical symptomatology. We found evidence of a contrasting role of patient perceived criticism and warmth depending upon the patient's race/ethnicity. CONCLUSION: Family processes shown to impact the course of schizophrenia among NLWs may function differently among Latino than NLW patients. These findings have important implications for the development of culturally appropriate interventions and may aid efforts to improve the effectiveness of mental health services for diverse adolescents and young adults at CHR for psychosis. Given the small sample size of this study, analyses should be replicated in a larger study before more definitive conclusions can be made. CI - (c) 2014 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. FAU - Tsai, Katherine H AU - Tsai KH AD - Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, California, USA. FAU - Lopez, Steve AU - Lopez S AD - Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Marvin, Sarah AU - Marvin S AD - Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Zinberg, Jamie AU - Zinberg J AD - Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Cannon, Tyrone D AU - Cannon TD AD - Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - O'Brien, Mary AU - O'Brien M AD - Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Bearden, Carrie E AU - Bearden CE AD - Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. LA - eng GR - MH65079/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH065079/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 MH066286/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - P41 RR013642/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - P50MH066286/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 MH081902/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140227 PL - Australia TA - Early Interv Psychiatry JT - Early intervention in psychiatry JID - 101320027 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Disease Susceptibility MH - *Expressed Emotion MH - Family/*psychology MH - Female MH - Hispanic or Latino/*psychology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Psychotic Disorders/diagnosis/*psychology MH - Schizophrenic Psychology MH - White People/*psychology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC4146748 MID - NIHMS597944 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cultural diversity OT - early psychosis OT - family caregiver OT - prodrome EDAT- 2014/03/01 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/20 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/01 CRDT- 2014/03/01 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/12/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/03/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/eip.12131 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Early Interv Psychiatry. 2015 Dec;9(6):476-86. doi: 10.1111/eip.12131. Epub 2014 Feb 27.