Social cognition psychometric evaluation (SCOPE) in people with early psychosis: A preliminary study.

ABSTRACT: Social cognition is an important outcome in schizophrenia research. Unfortunately, there has been a lack of consensus regarding which measures of social cognition best capture this domain of functioning. The Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation (SCOPE) study was developed to address the need for a battery of measures that have sound psychometric properties and can be implemented in clinical trials for individuals with chronic schizophrenia. The current study expands upon the SCOPE study by examining the psychometric properties of the eight candidate measures administered to individuals early in the course of psychosis. Thirty-eight stable outpatients with first episode psychosis and thirty-nine healthy controls completed the battery at baseline and one-month follow-up assessments. The

SUBMITTER: Ludwig KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5735418 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature