Relationships between neurocognition, social cognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S67-S67 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mucci ◽  
S. Galderisi ◽  
A. Rossi ◽  
P. Rocca ◽  
A. Bertolino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Functional Outcome ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Neurocognitive Deficits ◽  
Life Functioning

IntroductionThe inter-relationships of neurocognition, social cognition, residual psychopathology and real-life functioning are poorly understood. A large multicenter study was carried out by the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses to model relationships between neurocognitive deficits, psychopathology and real-life functioning, taking into account the role of functional capacity and social cognition.MethodsA structural equation model was used to investigate direct and indirect effects of neurocognition and psychopathology on real-life functioning. Social cognition and functional capacity were modeled as mediators.ResultsIn 921 patients with schizophrenia, neurocognition had both direct and indirect effects, through functional capacity and social cognition, on real-life functioning. Neurocognition predicted to a large extent social cognition on which depression and disorganization had a modest effect. Social cognition showed a significant direct impact on real-life functioning.ConclusionOur results support a strong link between neurocognition and functional outcome, independent of psychopathology. Social cognition accounted for unique incremental variance in real-life functioning.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Causal Analysis of Hydrogen Acceptance

2005 ◽  
Vol 1941 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Molin
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Causal Analysis ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Factual Knowledge ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Willingness To Use

This paper presents and discusses a structural equation model on hydrogen acceptance. This model unravels the direct and indirect effects among personal characteristics, knowledge about hydrogen, perceptions, attitudes, and willingness to use hydrogen applications. In addition, indicators of differently colored information that can be provided by mass media have been included as explanatory variables. The estimated model indicates that colored information directly influences perceptions of hydrogen and indirectly influences attitudes about hydrogen and willingness to use it. In particular, negatively colored information decreases hydrogen acceptance, which cannot be counterbalanced by providing positively colored information. Furthermore, the model suggests that more factual knowledge about hydrogen increases its acceptance. The paper further discusses the likely development of hydrogen acceptance in the future and how practitioners can influence this.

scholarly journals Transformational entrepreneurship and its effect on readiness for change, psychological capital, and employee performance: evidence from an Indonesian bank

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 887
Author(s):  
Michael Gunawan ◽  
Retno Wijayanti ◽  
Febri Nila Chrisanty ◽  
Budi W. Soetjipto ◽  
Ani Wahyu Rachmawati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Readiness For Change ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

Continuing failures of financial capitalism across borders have led corporation to develop a more balanced economic growth model of transformational entrepreneurship that emphasises both short-term economic and longer-term social impacts. The model encourages entrepreneurial activities that bring major changes in the related markets and industries, as well as changes in society and culture. At the corporate level, transformational entrepreneurship prepares employees for any potential changes induced by a dynamic environment; it also improves the psychological capital of individual employees, and effective transformational entrepreneurship can eventually accelerate performance. The purpose of this study is to investigate (1) the direct and indirect effects of transformational entrepreneurship on readiness for change, psychological capital and employee performance, and (2) how the effects to readiness for change and psychological capital influence employee performance. The study data were collected using questionnaires completed by employees in 257 branches of a state-owned bank with locations throughout Indonesia. The data were analysed using the structural equation model. The results show that transformational entrepreneurship significantly and positively influences readiness for change, psychological capital, and employee performance and that readiness for change and psychological capital significantly and positively influences employee performance. Additionally, the effect of transformational entrepreneurship on employee performance is more significant if it is related to psychological capital than to readiness for change or to aspects of employee performance unrelated to transformational entrepreneurship. These findings enrich our understanding of transformational entrepreneurship and its value related to the direct and indirect effects on variables such as readiness for change, psychological capital and employee performance.

scholarly journals Development of the growth mindset scale: the evidence and measurement of Chinese context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
shan chen
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Growth Mindset ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Chinese Context ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
One Way Anova

To improve the efficiency of 21st century learning and promote achievements, this paper studies the influence of the growth mindset on students and teachers. This study aims to develop the growth mindset scale with the evidence of structural validity, the measurement of direct and indirect effects of the Chinese context. To achieve the research objective, this study investigated 654 participants, including 321 students at different learning stages and 266 teachers from primary and secondary schools. In the investigation, using SPSS 25.0 and Mplus8.3, we conducted exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), structural equation model (SEM), mediation analysis, and one-way ANOVA method to achieve the study aim. <br>

PERSONAL AND FAMILY PATHS TO PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 907-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bader O. Alomar
Keyword(s):  
Parent Education ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Family Factors ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Prior Achievement ◽  
Fit Index

Personal and family factors impacting directly and/or indirectly on academic achievement of a total of 751 eighth grade pupils were assessed. Six achievement tests, as well as pupil and parent questionnaires were used for generating empirical data. A structural equation model was used to test the model's applicability. Path analysis yielded a comparative fit index of .97. Prior achievement, gender, and academic self-concept were found to have highly significant direct impacts on achievement, while academic self-concept, family size, parent education, and family cultural context exhibited indirect effects on achievement. The overall effect of academic self-concept increased significantly over and above the direct and indirect effects. The intervariables effects provided additional insights into existing correlations.

Neurocognitive Predictors of Social Cognition in Subjects with Schizophrenia and their First-degree Relatives

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S40-S40 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mucci ◽  
S. Galderisi ◽  
P. Rocca ◽  
A. Rossi ◽  
A. Bertolino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Functional Outcome ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Symptoms ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Advisory Board ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
First Degree Relatives

IntroductionSocial cognition is a complex construct that refers to the functions required to understand other people's mental states and behavior. In people with schizophrenia, social cognition deficits account for a proportion of variance in functional outcome, independent of symptomatology. However, the relationships among social cognition, neurocognitive functioning and functional outcome are still unclear. Previous investigations had several limitations including small sample size, heterogeneous and limited measures of social cognition and neurocognitive functions.AimsWithin the study of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses, we investigated factors influencing outcome in patients with schizophrenia and their unaffected relatives. Psychopathology, including depression, neurocognition, social cognition and outcome were assessed using instruments designed to overcome some of the previous limitations.MethodsStructural equation modeling was used to test direct and indirect effects of neurocognition, social cognition and functional capacity on vocational and interpersonal functioning. Tests of facial emotion recognition, emotional intelligence and theory of mind were included to assess social cognition. The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) was used to investigate neurocognition.ResultsIn both subjects with schizophrenia and their first-degree relatives, social cognition was found to be independent of negative symptoms and to have a direct impact on outcome. Neurocognition was a predictor of functional capacity and social cognition, which both mediated its impact on outcome. Social cognition was independent of functional capacity and negative symptoms.ConclusionsBetter understanding of how neurocognitive dysfunction and social cognition deficits relate to one another may guide efforts toward targeted treatment approaches.Disclosure of interestAM received honoraria or advisory board/consulting fees from the following companies: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Otsuka, Pfizer and Pierre Fabre SG received honoraria or advisory board/consulting fees from the following companies: Lundbeck, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Hoffman-La Roche, Angelini-Acraf, Otsuka, Pierre Fabre and Gedeon-Richter.All other Authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

A multicentric study on cognitive functions in a large sample of patients with schizophrenia and their unaffected first-degree relatives

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s244-s244
Author(s):  
M. Chieffi ◽  
A. Mucci ◽  
A. Rossi ◽  
P. Rocca ◽  
A. Bertolino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Functional Outcome ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Multicentric Study ◽  
First Degree Relatives ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionNeurocognition may represent an indicator of genetic risk and poor outcome in schizophrenia patients (SCZ) predicting real life functioning.ObjectivesAs cognitive performance of unaffected first-degree relatives (UR) is intermediate between SCZ and healthy controls (HC), neurocognitive impairment may represent a marker of vulnerability to schizophrenia.AimsTo investigate social and neurocognition in all subjects and their impact on functional capacity of patients as markers of vulnerability.MethodsSample: 922 SCZ, 379 UR and 780 HC. Assessment: MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (neurocognition), Facial Emotion Identification Test and Awareness of Social Inference Test (social cognition) and Specific Level of Functioning Scale (social functioning). Analyses: Structural Equation Model (SEM) analyses to model the impact of all variables on functional outcome.ResultsSCZ scored worse in all domains than UR and HC. UR had significant impairments in all cognitive domains with respect to HC. Cognitive functioning had direct and indirect impacts on functional outcome mainly through social cognition and functional capacity. Social cognition had a direct impact on outcome, independent of neurocognition.ConclusionSCZ and UR display similar patterns of social and neurocognition deficits. Our results confirm a strong impact of neurocogniton on functional outcome. Social cognition has become an interesting object of study and its conceptualization as trait variable and the existence of a continuum between SCZ and UR are hypotheses for further research.AcknowledgementsThe study was carried out within the project “Multicenter study on factors influencing real-life social functioning of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia” of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Development of the growth mindset scale: the evidence and measurement of Chinese context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
shan chen
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Growth Mindset ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Chinese Context ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
One Way Anova

To improve the efficiency of 21st century learning and promote achievements, this paper studies the influence of the growth mindset on students and teachers. This study aims to develop the growth mindset scale with the evidence of structural validity, the measurement of direct and indirect effects of the Chinese context. To achieve the research objective, this study investigated 654 participants, including 321 students at different learning stages and 266 teachers from primary and secondary schools. In the investigation, using SPSS 25.0 and Mplus8.3, we conducted exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), structural equation model (SEM), mediation analysis, and one-way ANOVA method to achieve the study aim. <br>

scholarly journals Social Cognitive Orientations, Social Support, and Physical Activity among at-Risk Urban Children: Insights from a Structural Equation Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6745
Author(s):  
Junghyae Lee ◽  
John Hoornbeek ◽  
Namkyung Oh
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
Exercise Enjoyment ◽  
Cognitive Orientations

This study investigates the effects of cognitive orientations associated with social cognitive theory (SCT) and exercise enjoyment on physical activity (PA) of urban at-risk children, accounting for mediating effects associated with various sources of social support. We use 2016–2017 survey data from 725 school-age children in an urban school district in Akron, Ohio in the United States (US) to inform a structural equation model, which assesses direct and indirect effects of self-efficacy, behavioral intention, and exercise enjoyment on children’s PA, using mediating variables that measure social support that children report receiving from parents, Physical Education (PE) teachers, and peers. We find that self-efficacy and exercise enjoyment have notable direct and indirect effects on the children’s PA. We also find that the support children receive from PE teachers and peers appears to have greater effects on PA than does the children’s reported social support from parents. These findings suggest that children’s social cognitive orientations may influence both sources of perceived social support and the extent to which children engage in PA. While these findings have potential implications for intervention strategies to increase PA among at-risk children, further research is appropriate to improve our understanding of the determinants of PA among at-risk urban children.

scholarly journals The mediating role of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in the relationship between childhood trauma and suicidality among adolescents: a structural equation model

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gangsan Kim ◽  
Jiyoon Shin ◽  
Jae-Won Kim
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Externalizing Symptoms ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background The objective of this study is to investigate the direct and indirect effects of childhood trauma, internalizing symptoms, and externalizing symptoms on suicidality among adolescents, thereby establishing a structural equation model. Methods The present study uses a cross-sectional descriptive design. Among 147 adolescents aged 12–17, 93 outpatients diagnosed with major depressive disorder and 54 controls were included in the study. They completed the Early Trauma Inventory Self-Report (Short Form) and Columbia Suicidality Severity Rating Scale. Their parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist. Analyses were performed using Pearson’s correlation and structural equation modelling. Results Childhood trauma had both direct and indirect effects, via internalizing symptoms and externalizing symptoms, on suicidality. Internalizing symptoms had a direct effect on suicidality. Meanwhile, externalizing symptoms were not directly associated with suicidality, but indirectly associated via internalizing symptoms. Conclusions Findings provide in-depth understanding of the mediating role of internalizing symptoms and externalizing symptoms in the relationship between childhood trauma and suicidality, suggesting that the therapeutic interventions for both internalizing symptoms and externalizing symptoms may be important to prevent suicide in adolescents with childhood trauma.

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