Harmonizing cross-cultural and transdiagnostic assessment of social cognition by expert panel consensus.

ABSTRACT: Social cognition, the perception and processing of social information, is adversely affected in multiple psychiatric, neurological, and neurodevelopmental disorders, and these impairments negatively impact quality of life for individuals across the globe. Despite the clear importance of social cognition, efforts to advance research via harmonization of data across cultures and diagnoses has been stymied by the lack of uniformly used and suitable assessments. To address this issue, the current study conducted an expert survey and consensus process to identify social cognitive assessments that are best suited for cross-cultural and transdiagnostic use among adults. A large group of experts in social cognition were surveyed to gather nominations for cross-culturally and transdiagnostically ap

SUBMITTER: Pinkham AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11845741 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature