Depression predicts self assessment of social function in both patients with schizophrenia and healthy people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Impairments in social functioning are central to Schizophrenia (SCZ). Patients with SCZ have challenges in the ability to evaluate their functioning. A correlate of self-assessments in SCZ is depression, wherein negligible depression predicts overestimation. Healthy individuals misestimate their functioning, but mild dysthymia predicts accuracy. We examined depression, gender, and schizophrenia as predictors of self-reported everyday functioning.

Methods

218 people with SCZ and 154 healthy controls self-reported their social functioning. They self-reported their depression with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and their social cognitive ability on the Observable Social Cognition Rating Scale (OSCARS).

Results

64% of subjects were male. Schizophrenia pati

SUBMITTER: Oliveri LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012719 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature