Negative symptoms and social cognition as mediators of the relationship between neurocognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In this study we assessed the contribution of psychopathology, including the two domains of negative symptoms (motivational deficit and expressive deficit), processing speed as an index of neurocognition, and emotion recognition, as an index of social cognition, to poor functional outcomes in people with schizophrenia.

Methods

The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale was used to evaluate positive symptoms and disorganization and the Brief Negative Symptom Scale to assess negative symptoms. The Symbol Coding and the Trail Making Test A and B were used to rate processing speed and the Facial Emotion Identification Test to assess emotion recognition. Functional outcome was assessed with the Personal and Social Performance Scale (PSP). Regression analyses were perfo

SUBMITTER: Giordano GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10864497 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature