A study of emotional intelligence in an Egyptian sample of offspring of patients with schizophrenia

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 3 Statistical correlation between trait emotional intelligence and clinical characteristics of the parent with schizophrenia

Parameter	Total TEIQ score	Test of significance
Parameter	Total TEIQ score	Pearson correlation	P value	Significance
Parental age		− 0.175	0.224	NS
Total PANSS score	Total positive score	0.089	0.538	NS
	Negative score	0.097	0.503	NS
	General psychopathology	− 0.145	0.316	NS
	Total PANSS	0.005	0.975	NS
Duration of illness		− 0.296	0.037	S
Number of hospitalizations		0.056	0.702	NS
Age of the child at illness onset		0.245	0.087	NS

TEIQ trait emotional intelligence, NS non-significant, S significant, PANSS positive and negative syndrome scale for schizophrenia
Table 3 shows the correlation between trait emotional intelligence in the offspring and clinical characteristics of schizophrenia of the parent; paternal age, age of the child at the onset of parent illness, duration of illness, and number of hospitalizations. There was significant negative correlation between duration of illness and TEIQ score