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- Title
Expressed Emotion in Depressed Patients and Their Partners.
- Authors
Florin, Irmela; Nostadt, Anja; Reck, Corinna; Franzen, Ule; Jenkins, Melissa
- Abstract
This study was designed to assess the expressed emotion (EE) status in the spouses of depressed patients and the patients themselves, to relate the EE status to the severity of depression as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and to compare the prevalence of high EE between the target and control group. Seventeen depressed patients and their spouses, and 20 control couples participated in the study. The Five-Minute Speech Sample was used to assess the EE status. High EE was significantly more common in spouses of depressed patients and the patients themselves than in controls. There was a significant relationship between the EE status of the patients and their spouses. High EE in the patient and in the spouse corresponded significantly with a high BDI score of the patient. These findings underline the importance that in EE research the patients' EE status as well as their present mental health state must also be taken into account.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL research; MENTAL depression; BECK Depression Inventory; SPOUSES; MENTAL health
- Publication
Family Process, 1992, Vol 31, Issue 2, p163
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1545-5300.1992.00163.x