Background:

It has been reported that schizophrenia patients display emotional processing impairments, specifically in the emotion perception domain. However, less is known about other domains of emotional processing, like emotion regulation.

Objective:

The aim of this study was to assess and compare emotion regulation abilities and neurocognition in schizophrenia patients and healthy controls, as well as to identify correlations between emotion regulation, neurocognition and demographic data. Methods: 9 patients (GE) and 9 controls (GC) were recruited. Demographic data was obtained. To assess emotion regulation, the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test -Managing Emotions section- was administered. Finally, a brief neurocognitive assessment was conducted.

Results:

The GE showed significant poorer performance than the GC in the emotion regulation test as well as in the neurocognitive assessment (p < .05). No correlations were identified between emotion regulation, neurocognition, demographic and clinical data.

Discussion and conclusion:

Schizophrenia patients show emotion regulation impairment, as well as neurocognitive deficits. Our results are consistent with other studies.