JOURNAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (HEALTH SCIENCES) ›› 2014, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (11): 86-91.doi: 10.6040/j.issn.1671-7554.0.2014.298

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Ecological executive function in adolescent relatives of schizophrenia patients and its relationship with victimization

LI Yang1, CAO Fenglin1, ZHONG Gengkun2, LIN Pingzhen1, LIANG Xinhao1,2   

  1. 1. School of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China;
    2. Shandong Mental Health Center, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
  • Received:2014-05-08 Published:2014-11-10

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Abstract: Objective To investigate specific executive deficits in the real-life environment among adolescent relatives of schizophrenia patients and to explore the effect of specific victimization types on the deficits. Methods The study included 104 non-affected adolescent descendants and siblings of schizophrenia patients in the relative group and 193 healthy adolescents in the healthy control group, all aged between 9 and 20 years. All participants completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Self Report Version (BRIEF-SR) and Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire, Child Self-report Version (JVQ). Results The multivariate analysis revealed that the relative group reported more difficulties on the shift and task completion scale than controls (P<0.05). Significant main effects were detected for conventional crime on the plan/organize and task completion scale (P<0.05) and for child maltreatment on the inhibit, emotional control, monitor, working memory and organization of material scale (P<0.05). The univariate analysis revealed that in the relative group, adolescents who had experienced conventional crime reported higher scores on the plan/organize and task completion scale compared with those without conventional crime (P<0.05); adolescents with child maltreatment had higher scores on the Inhibit, emotional control, and organization of material scale than those without child maltreatment (P<0.05). For the healthy controls, adolescents with child maltreatment showed poorer scores on the Working Memory scale than those without maltreatment (P<0.05). Conclusion Our resultssuggest certain impaired aspects of executive functioning in real-life situations among adolescent relatives of schizophrenia patients. Conventional crime and child maltreatment may be associated with executive dysfunction in the adolescent relatives.

Key words: Schizophrenia, First-degree relatives, Executive function, Victimization, Adolescents

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  • R749.3
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