Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample
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...
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| author | Lim, Keane Lee, Sara-Ann Pinkham, Amy E. Lam, Max Lee, Jimmy Chee Keong |
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| description | 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 performed to identify psychometrically sound tasks that best discriminated case-control status. PCA was conducted to explore social cognition dimensional structure. Results: The Bell Lysaker Emotion Recognition Task (BLERT), Penn Emotion Recognition Task (ER40), and The Awareness of Social Inference Test, branch III (TASIT-3) showed strongest psychometrics. The Ambiguous Intentions and Hostility Questionnaire, Hostility Bias subscale (AIHQ-HB) showed slightly weaker properties, requiring further evaluation. The Hinting task, Mini Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity (MiniPONS), Relationships Across Domains (RAD), Internal Personal and Situational Attributions Questionnaire (IPSAQ), and Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) showed poorer psychometrics in our sample. PCA revealed a two-factor solution comprising social cognition skills and attributional style/bias. Conclusion: Here, we examined the psychometric properties of a comprehensive social cognition battery based on the SCOPE study in an Asian schizophrenia population. Continued evaluation and standardization of social cognitive measures are needed to refine our understanding of this construct in schizophrenia. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1438772021-05-27T07:07:39Z Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample Lim, Keane Lee, Sara-Ann Pinkham, Amy E. Lam, Max Lee, Jimmy Chee Keong Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Science::General Psychiatry Schizophrenia Social Cognition 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 performed to identify psychometrically sound tasks that best discriminated case-control status. PCA was conducted to explore social cognition dimensional structure. Results: The Bell Lysaker Emotion Recognition Task (BLERT), Penn Emotion Recognition Task (ER40), and The Awareness of Social Inference Test, branch III (TASIT-3) showed strongest psychometrics. The Ambiguous Intentions and Hostility Questionnaire, Hostility Bias subscale (AIHQ-HB) showed slightly weaker properties, requiring further evaluation. The Hinting task, Mini Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity (MiniPONS), Relationships Across Domains (RAD), Internal Personal and Situational Attributions Questionnaire (IPSAQ), and Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) showed poorer psychometrics in our sample. PCA revealed a two-factor solution comprising social cognition skills and attributional style/bias. Conclusion: Here, we examined the psychometric properties of a comprehensive social cognition battery based on the SCOPE study in an Asian schizophrenia population. Continued evaluation and standardization of social cognitive measures are needed to refine our understanding of this construct in schizophrenia. Ministry of Health (MOH) National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Published version 2020-09-29T02:50:27Z 2020-09-29T02:50:27Z 2020 Journal Article Lim, K., Lee, S., Pinkham, A. E., Lam, M. & Lee, J. C. K. (2020). Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 20, 100169-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2019.100169 2215-0013 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143877 10.1016/j.scog.2019.100169 32154121 20 100169 en Schizophrenia research: Cognition © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/). application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Science::General Psychiatry Schizophrenia Social Cognition Lim, Keane Lee, Sara-Ann Pinkham, Amy E. Lam, Max Lee, Jimmy Chee Keong Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample |
| title | Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample |
| title_full | Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample |
| title_short | Evaluation of social cognitive measures in an Asian schizophrenia sample |
| title_sort | evaluation of social cognitive measures in an asian schizophrenia sample |
| topic | Science::General Psychiatry Schizophrenia Social Cognition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143877 |
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