Unit:
Faculty of MedicineLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Tasios Konstantinos
Dissertation committee:
Ιωάννης Μιχόπουλος, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Αθανάσιος Δουζένης, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Ρωσσέτος Γουρνέλλης, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Νικόλαος Σμυρνής, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Αρτέμιος Πεχλιβανίδης, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Παναγιώτης Φερεντίνος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Ιωάννα Γιαννοπούλου, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Μελέτη συσχέτισης ενσυναίσθησης και βίας σε ασθενείς με σχιζοφρένεια και αντικοινωνική διαταραχή προσωπικότητας
Translated title:
Correlational study of empathy and violence in patients with schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder
Summary:
A paucity of cognitive and affective features of empathy can be correlated with violent behavior. We aimed to identify differences in empathy among four groups in a sample of 100 male participants: (1) 27 violent offenders with schizophrenia, (2) 23 nonviolent patients with schizophrenia, (3) 25 patients with antisocial personality disorder, and (4) 25 subjects from the general population, who formed the control group. Schizophrenia symptoms were quantified with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. Empathy was measured with the empathy quotient. Theory of mind was evaluated using (a) the first-order false-belief task, (b) the hinting task, (c) the faux pas recognition test and (d) the “reading the mind in the eyes” test (revised). Differences noted among the groups were age (controls were younger) and educational status (antisocials were less educated). The empathy quotient scoring (p < 0.001) and theory-of-mind tests (p < 0.001) were distinct between the control group and the three other groups of participants, but not among the three patient groups. Patients with antisocial personality disorder, violent psychotic offenders and psychotic nonviolent patients show no remarkable differences in affective or cognitive empathy tests, but they all present deficits in empathy and theory of mind when compared to controls.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Empathy, Violence, Schizophrenia, Antisocial, Personality
Number of references:
414
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