1.3. The present study
Given the evidence of substantial social dysfunction in individuals
with schizophrenia, the centrality of emotion awareness
and emotion regulation to social functioning, and the dearth of
studies exploring their relationship, our aims are: (1) to extend
findings from previous studies indicating group differences
between individuals with schizophrenia and healthy controls in
emotion awareness, emotion regulation, and social functioning;
(2) to examine the links between emotion awareness, emotion
regulation, and social functioning in individuals with schizophrenia;
and (3) to assess whether emotion awareness and emotion
regulation would predict social functioning in individuals with
schizophrenia, controlling for covariates and previously identified
predictors.