No Sex-based Differences in Self-reported Empathy between Patients with Schizophrenia and Control Subjects

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dc.contributor.affiliationSubdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz National Institute of Psychiatry, 14370 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
dc.contributor.emaila_fresan@yahoo.com.mx
dc.contributor.emailfresan@inprf.gob.mx
dc.creatorSaracco-Álvarez, Ricardo
dc.creatorRobles-García, Rebeca
dc.creatorFlores Medina, Yvonne
dc.creatorOlivares-Neumann. José-Luis
dc.creatorTovilla-Zárate, Carlos-Alfonso
dc.creatorAlcalá-Lozano, Ruth
dc.creatorEscamilla-Orozco, Raúl Iván
dc.creatorFresán, Ana
dc.date2024
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T18:26:12Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.published2024
dc.descriptionSchizophrenia, one of the most disabling disorders worldwide, is characterized by impaired empathy, which appears to be more common in women. Methods: This study aimed to compare empathy levels between control subjects and patients with schizophrenia by sex. We compared sixty-two patients with schizophrenia and 166 control subjects. All participants completed the Empathy Quotient (EQ) questionnaire. A multivariate analysis of variance model was performed with the EQ as the outcome criterion, and group and sex as fixed factors to test for interaction effects. Results: Overall, patients obtained lower scores in the cognitive, emotional reactivity and social skills domains of empathy (p < 0.001). No differences between men and women were found and no interaction effect was identified between sex and group (schizophrenia vs. control) (p > 0.05). Conclusion: This study adds to the evidence on differences in social cognition between people with and without a mental illness such as schizophrenia. It also identifies the absence of sex differences between men and women, observed in both the group of patients and control subjects, which warrants further exploration.
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dc.identifierOE29IC
dc.identifier.doi10.62641/aep.v52i5.1784
dc.identifier.eissn1578-2735
dc.identifier.issn1139-9287
dc.identifier.organizacionInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
dc.identifier.placeEspaña
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.inprf.gob.mx/handle/123456789/163
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.62641/aep.v52i5.1784
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherGarsi
dc.relation52(5):670-677
dc.relation.jnabreviadoACTAS ESP PSIQUIATR
dc.relation.journalActas Españolas de Psiquiatría
dc.rightsAcceso Cerrado
dc.subject.kwSchizophrenia
dc.subject.kwSex
dc.subject.kwEmpathy
dc.subject.kwSocial cognition
dc.titleNo Sex-based Differences in Self-reported Empathy between Patients with Schizophrenia and Control Subjects
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