Ann Psychiatr Clin Neurosci | Volume 7, Issue 1 | Research Article | Open Access
Kertzman S1*, Rauchverger B2*, Waseem SZ2, Weizman A3,4,5, Portuguese S2,6 and Grinshpoon A2,6
1Department of psychiatry, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Israel
2Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hedera, Israel
3Laboratory of Biological Psychiatry at the Felsentein Medical Research Center, Israel
4Research Unit, Geha Mental Health Center, Israel
5Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
6Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
*Correspondance to: Semion Kertzman
Fulltext PDFPsychiatry has shown a growing interest in the role of emotion in decision-making because emotion appears to make a substantial contribution to the decision-making process. There are no studies analyzing the relationship between affective decision-making and coping skills in Schizophrenia (SZ). Our objective was to investigate the effect of coping skills on decision-making in SZ. We aimed to study the differences in coping styles, measured by the Behavioral Attitudes and Search Evaluation test (BASE), between good and bad performers on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). The 37 SZ participants and 46 Healthy Controls (HC) performed the IGT and BASE. Affective decision- making and coping skills are impaired among individuals with SZ compared with HC. A combination of two coping styles, such as preference for search activity and rejection of renunciation of search, was associated with better performance on IGT in both groups. We demonstrate that the association between coping style and performance on the IGT is not bidirectional. Coping strategies affect IGT performance, while performance on IGT does not affect coping style. In conclusion, participants with a more adaptive coping style were better decision-makers. One possible explanation for this association is that the more effective coping style may represent better functioning of the affective systems.
Schizophrenia; Risky decision; Search activity; Stereotyped behavior; Renunciations of search
Kertzman S, Rauchverger B, Waseem SZ, Weizman A, Portuguese S, Grinshpoon A. Relationship between Coping Styles and Affective Decision- Making Process Among Schizophrenia Patients and Healthy Controls. Ann Psychiatr Clin Neurosci. 2024; 7(1): 1048..