Effect of Emotion Management Program for Patients with Schizophrenia on Their Emotion Recognition and Emotional Expression | ||
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
Article 11, Volume 10, Issue 33 - Serial Number 1, November 2022, Pages 123-132 PDF (987.33 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2022.176685.1458 | ||
Authors | ||
Eslam Mohamed Ahmed Gado* 1; Sahar Elsayed Gaber Behilak2; Farida Elsayed Abd Elkawy Othman1 | ||
1Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||
2Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
Background: One of the goals of psychiatric social rehabilitation for patients with schizophrenia is to improve their ability to recognize and express their emotions. Aim: to evaluate the effect of an emotion management program for patients with schizophrenia on their emotion recognition and emotional expression. Setting: This study was carried out at Tanta University Hospital's neuropsychiatric inpatient department. Research design: quasi-experimental research design was used. Subjects: This study used a convenience sample of 50 patients with schizophrenia. Tools: Three tools were used: Tool I: Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics Questionnaire, Tool II: Berkeley Expressivity Questionnaire (BEQ),and Tool III: Trait Meta-Mood Scale-short form(TMMS-S) Results: This research showed that the studied patients' emotion recognition and emotional expression scores improved immediately and after 3 months of the program when compared to before the program. Conclusion: emotion management program has a positive effect on improving emotional recognition and expression of people with schizophrenia. Recommendations: Emotion Management Program should be implemented regularly as an integral part of rehabilitation interventions for patients with schizophrenia. | ||
Keywords | ||
Emotion management program; Emotion expression; Emotion recognition & Patients with schizophrenia | ||
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