“…20,21 However, negative family atmosphere not only affects patients with schizophrenia, but also represents an increased burden to the caregiver as well. 41 Thus, increased stress and the burden of care might lead to a more pronounced level of EEs, thus, forming a second vicious circle between paranoia, family atmosphere, increased burden of care, and more pronounced Note: FA, family atmosphere; PA, paranoia; IPS, interpersonal self-concept; df, degrees of freedom; χ 2 /df, normal chi-squared statistic; SE, standard error of the unstandardized coefficient; P, significant level of the coefficient; CFI, Comparative Fit Index; TLI, TuckerLewis Index; RMSEA, root mean squared error of approximation; BIC, Bayes Information Criterion; AIC, Akaike's Information Criterion; n.a., not applicable (no absolute threshold definable).…”