Metacognitive awareness of cognitive problems in schizophrenia: exploring the role of symptoms and self-esteem.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with a diagnosis of schizophrenia have limited metacognitive awareness of their symptoms. This is also evident for cognitive difficulties when neuropsychological assessments and self-reports are compared. Unlike for delusions and hallucinations, little attention has been given to factors that may influence the mismatch between objective and subjectively reported cognitive problems. Symptom severity, and also self-esteem and social functioning, can have an impact on cognitive problem perception and help to explain the gap between objective and subjective cognitive assessments in psychosis.

Method

One-hundred participants with a diagnosis of schizophrenia were recruited and assessed with a comprehensive neuropsychological battery, a measure of awareness of co

SUBMITTER: Cella M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3880064 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature