Understanding the Psychosis Spectrum Using a Hierarchical Model of Social Cognition.

ABSTRACT:

Background and hypothesis

Social cognitive impairments are central to psychosis, including lower severity psychosis-like experiences (PLEs). Nonetheless, progress has been hindered by social cognition's poorly defined factor structure, as well as limited work examining the specificity of social cognitive impairment to psychosis. The present study examined how PLEs relate to social cognition in the context of other psychopathology dimensions, using a hierarchical factors approach to social cognition.

Study design

Online community participants (N = 1026) completed psychosis, autism, and personality disorder questionnaires, as well as 3 social cognitive tasks that varied in methodology (vignette vs video) and construct (higher- vs lower-level social cognition). Exploratory (EFA

SUBMITTER: Williams TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661951 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature