Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Converging evidence has indicated that deficits in social cognition may manifest as poor functioning; therefore, social cognition has emerged as an important research area and treatment target. However, few studies have examined the psychometrics of multiple social cognition measures in an Asian population. This study aims to evaluate the psychometrics of measures indexing the four core social cognition domains.

Methods

Schizophrenia outpatients (n = 116) and healthy controls (n = 73) completed a battery of nine social cognitive measures, twice, four weeks apart. Psychometric properties were examined via test-retest reliability, internal consistency, utility as a repeated measure, time administration, and tolerability. Logistic regression was perform

SUBMITTER: Lim K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7056931 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature