TY - JOUR
T1 - Negative symptom configuration within and outside schizophrenia spectrum disorders
T2 - results from the “Parma Early Psychosis” program.
AU - Pelizza, Lorenzo
AU - Maestri, Davide
AU - Leuci, Emanuela
AU - Quattrone, Emanuela
AU - Azzali, Silvia
AU - Paulillo, Giuseppina
AU - Pellegrini, Pietro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - The identification of discrete dimensions underlining negative symptoms in First Episode Psychosis (FEP) may be useful in the treatment strategy for such severe symptomatology. Aim of this research was to investigate the negative symptom configuration in FEP patients and to compare the emerging factor solutions between individuals with and without Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (non-SSD vs SSD). Two-hundred-seventy-four participants (144 non-SSD and 130 SSD), aged 13-35 years, completed the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were then performed to examine PANSS negative symptom configuration in both SSD and non-SSD samples. In SSD, a 3-factor model solution (i.e. “Experiential Deficits”, “Volition/Empathy Deficits” and “Motor/Affective Expression Deficits” domains) was identified. A different 2-factor configuration (with “Social/Communicative Withdrawal” and “Motor/Affective/Motivational Deficits” dimensions) was more appropriate in non-SSD. In conclusion, our results show differences in negative symptom factor models between non-SSD and SSD. Thus, a different specificity and significance of negative symptom solutions in FEP populations with diagnoses other than schizophrenia (compared to those with SSD) must be realistically considered.
AB - The identification of discrete dimensions underlining negative symptoms in First Episode Psychosis (FEP) may be useful in the treatment strategy for such severe symptomatology. Aim of this research was to investigate the negative symptom configuration in FEP patients and to compare the emerging factor solutions between individuals with and without Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (non-SSD vs SSD). Two-hundred-seventy-four participants (144 non-SSD and 130 SSD), aged 13-35 years, completed the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were then performed to examine PANSS negative symptom configuration in both SSD and non-SSD samples. In SSD, a 3-factor model solution (i.e. “Experiential Deficits”, “Volition/Empathy Deficits” and “Motor/Affective Expression Deficits” domains) was identified. A different 2-factor configuration (with “Social/Communicative Withdrawal” and “Motor/Affective/Motivational Deficits” dimensions) was more appropriate in non-SSD. In conclusion, our results show differences in negative symptom factor models between non-SSD and SSD. Thus, a different specificity and significance of negative symptom solutions in FEP populations with diagnoses other than schizophrenia (compared to those with SSD) must be realistically considered.
KW - Early Psychosis
KW - Factor Analysis
KW - First Episode Psychosis
KW - First Episode Schizophrenia
KW - Negative Symptoms
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U2 - 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113519
DO - 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113519
M3 - Article
C2 - 33130513
AN - SCOPUS:85094195849
VL - 294
JO - Psychiatry Research
JF - Psychiatry Research
SN - 0165-1781
M1 - 113519
ER -