Abstract

Objective: To determine the influence of psychoeducation therapy on family’s emotional expression in caring patients with paranoid schizophrenia.
Methodology: In this experimental study, we used random allocation sampling. The families as primary caregiver for patients with paranoid schizophrenia and who had capacity to provide informed consent were included in the study. The family in the experimental group (42 parents) received family psychoeducation and in the control group (42 parents) received health education at Amino Gondhohutomo Mental Hospital, Semarang, Indonesia. Emotional Expressivity Scale (EES) was administered for pre and post intervention. Repeated ANOVA were used to analyze the pre-post data.
Results: From 84 parents, 64.3% were male in the experimental group and 52.4% in the control group. Family’s emotional expression significantly improved in the experimental group (p≤0.05) and insignificantly improved in control group (p≥0.05).
Conclusion: Application of family psychoeducation could minimize the emotional expressions of the family.

Key words: Family psychoeducaton, paranoid schizophrenia, emotional expression.