Executive dysfunction in schizophrenia: Predictors of the discrepancy between subjective and objective measures.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate what characterizes individuals with schizophrenia who experience more or less subjective executive dysfunction in everyday life compared to objective executive performance on neuropsychological tests. Sixty-six participants with broad schizophrenia spectrum disorders completed a comprehensive assessment of executive function. Discrepancies between performance on neuropsychological tests (objective) and an extensive self-report questionnaire (subjective) of central executive functions (inhibition, shifting and working memory) were calculated. Higher level of self-efficacy was the best predictor of experiencing fewer subjective cognitive complaints compared to objective performance, followed by higher levels of disorganized symptoms. Depressive symptoms did no

SUBMITTER: Haugen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8217703 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature