Author(s)

Nosrat Ghafarzade Almasi

Department of Psychology, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran.

The aim of the present research was to determine the relationship of meta-emotion dimensions and positive and negative symptoms in the patients with chronic schizophrenia. This research is a correlation study. The statistical sample of the current research includes 100 patients with chronic schizophrenia. To collect the data, Meta-Emotion Questionnaire, Positive, and Negative Symptoms Schizophrenia Scale were used. The results of Pearson correlation coefficient showed meta-emotion with positive and negative symptoms. These results suggest that the meta-emotion of chronic schizophrenia patients may well be of important prognostic value in the intensity of symptom logy, prevention and planning of cognitive enhancement therapy.

Meta-Emotion, Schizophrenia, Patients

Almasi, N. (2017) The Relationship of Meta-Emotion Dimensions and Positive and Negative Symptoms in the Patients of Chronic Schizophrenia. Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 7, 62-67. doi: 10.4236/jbbs.2017.72007.