Persons with first episode psychosis have distinct profiles of social cognition and metacognition.

ABSTRACT: Subjects with first-episode psychosis experience substantial deficits in social cognition and metacognition. Although previous studies have investigated the role of profiles of individuals in social cognition and metacognition in chronic schizophrenia, profiling subjects with first-episode psychosis in both domains remains to be investigated. We used latent profile analysis to derive profiles of the abilities in 174 persons with first-episode psychosis using the Beck's Cognitive Insight Scale, the Faces Test, the Hinting Task, the Internal, Personal and Situational Attributions Questionnaire, and the Beads Task. Participants received a clinical assessment and a neuropsychological assessment. The best-fitting model was selected according to the Bayesian information criterion (BIC). We asses

SUBMITTER: Ferrer-Quintero M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8660816 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature