Characteristics of Parents With High Expressed Emotion and Related Factors: A Study of Parents of Adults With Schizophrenia

J Nerv Ment Dis. 2018 Dec;206(12):955-961. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000902.

Abstract

This study aimed to clarify characteristics of parents with high expressed emotion (EE) and related factors among parents of adults with schizophrenia. In total, 73 (25.3%) of the 289 parents had high EE (Family Attitude Scale [FAS] score ≥60), and 216 (74.7%) had low EE (FAS score <60). A multiple logistic regression analysis showed that high EE parents were more distressed (odds ratio [OR] = 1.27; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.16-1.39) and experienced more physical violence from their adult children with schizophrenia (OR = 2.86; 95% CI = 1.28-6.43); the children with schizophrenia had been hospitalized at time of survey (OR = 6.54; 95% CI = 1.10-38.89) and were less likely to attend rehabilitation services (OR = 2.56; 95% CI = 1.06-6.17). Practitioners need to provide crisis intervention, home-visiting services, and support services for parents during hospitalization of their children with schizophrenia.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Expressed Emotion*
  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Parents / psychology*
  • Power, Psychological
  • Risk Factors
  • Schizophrenia / etiology*
  • Social Stigma
  • Stress, Psychological / etiology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Violence / psychology