scholarly journals Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation: Results of the Initial Psychometric Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 494-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Pinkham ◽  
David L. Penn ◽  
Michael F. Green ◽  
Philip D. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Psychometric Study

The EVACO Project: A new battery for assessing social cognition disorders and related psychiatric disability in schizophrenia

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S78-S78 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Roux ◽  
M. Urbach ◽  
S. Fonteneau ◽  
B. Aouizerate ◽  
F. Berna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Functional Expression ◽  
Cognitive Neuropsychology ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Competing Interest

The relation of social cognitive disorders and schizophrenic symptoms are well-established. Yet, assessment methods have not reached a consensus. In addition, causal paths between neurocognition, social cognition, symptoms and functional expression are not clearly understood. During the past few years, some authoritative accounts proposed specialized batteries of tests and emphasized theory of mind, emotion recognition, and interpretation bias constructs:– NIMH's “Social cognition psychometric evaluation” battery (Pinkham AE, Penn DL, Green MF, Harvey PD. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2015);– “Social cognition and functioning in schizophrenia” (Green MF, Lee J, Ochsner KN. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2013).Interestingly, these accounts stemming either from expert consensus and psychometric considerations or from neuroscience knowledge recognized some difficulties in providing a fully usable set of instruments. The project described here (EVACO protocol, funded by the Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique national) follows an alternative approach and aims at providing a psychometrically validated battery. Based on a cognitive neuropsychology view on schizophrenic functional disability, several tests were gathered and are assessed in a 12-months multi-center follow-up of 160 individuals with schizophrenia. The FondaMental foundation network of Expert Centers is involved in recruiting patients from eight centers (Clermont-Ferrand, Colombes, Créteil, Grenoble, Marseille, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Versailles). To-date, the first evaluation of the population has been achieved. Experience reports and inclusions follow-up demonstrate the good acceptability of this battery both on the patients and the evaluator's side. We emphasize the usefulness of this project to meet the clinicians’ needs of validated social cognition tools, by describing different scenarios of use.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation: Results of the Final Validation Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E Pinkham ◽  
Philip D Harvey ◽  
David L Penn
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation

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

2017 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 136-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelsey A. Ludwig ◽  
Amy E. Pinkham ◽  
Philip D. Harvey ◽  
Skylar Kelsven ◽  
David L. Penn
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Early Psychosis ◽  
Preliminary Study

scholarly journals The Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation Study: Results of the Expert Survey and RAND Panel

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 813-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Pinkham ◽  
David L. Penn ◽  
Michael F. Green ◽  
Benjamin Buck ◽  
Kristin Healey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Expert Survey ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Results

scholarly journals M36. Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation (SCOPE): Results: Of the Final Validation Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S224-S225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Pinkham ◽  
David Penn ◽  
Philip Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation

scholarly journals Evaluation of Social Cognition Measures for Japanese Patients with Schizophrenia Using an Expert Panel and Modified Delphi Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 275
Author(s):  
Hiroki Okano ◽  
Ryotaro Kubota ◽  
Ryo Okubo ◽  
Naoki Hashimoto ◽  
Satoru Ikezawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
Japanese Patients ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Expert Consensus ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Clinical Scenarios

Social cognition is strongly linked to social functioning outcomes, making it a promising treatment target. Because social cognition measures tend to be sensitive to linguistic and cultural differences, existing measures should be evaluated based on their relevance for Japanese populations. We aimed to establish an expert consensus on the use of social cognition measures in Japanese populations to provide grounds for clinical use and future treatment development. We assembled a panel of experts in the fields of schizophrenia, social psychology, social neuroscience, and developmental disorders. The panel engaged in a modified Delphi process to (1) affirm expert consensus on the definition of social cognition and its constituent domains, (2) determine criteria to evaluate measures, and (3) identify measures appropriate for Japanese patients with a view toward future quantitative research. Through two online voting rounds and two online video conferences, the panel agreed upon a definition and four-domain framework for social cognition consistent with recent literature. Evaluation criteria for measures included feasibility and tolerability, reliability, clinical effectiveness, validity, and international comparability. The panel finally identified nine promising measures, including one task originally developed in Japan. In conclusion, we established an expert consensus on key discussion points in social cognition and arrived at an expert-selected set of measures. We hope that this work facilitates the use of these measures in Japanese clinical scenarios. We plan to further examine these measures in a psychometric evaluation study.

Refining our understanding of the “elephant in the room”

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Whiten
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Technological Culture

Abstract The authors do the field of cultural evolution a service by exploring the role of non-social cognition in human cumulative technological culture, truly neglected in comparison with socio-cognitive abilities frequently assumed to be the primary drivers. Some specifics of their delineation of the critical factors are problematic, however. I highlight recent chimpanzee–human comparative findings that should help refine such analyses.

A little too technical: The threat of intellectualising technical reasoning

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Human Reasoning ◽  
Technological Culture ◽  
Technical Reasoning

Abstract Osiurak and Reynaud (O&R) claim that research into the origin of cumulative technological culture has been too focused on social cognition and has consequently neglected the importance of uniquely human reasoning capacities. This commentary raises two interrelated theoretical concerns about O&R's notion of technical-reasoning capacities, and suggests how these concerns might be met.

Are Deficits in Social Cognition Linked to Autobiographical Memory in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease?

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes H. Scheidemann ◽  
Franz Petermann ◽  
Marc Schipper
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Clinical Group ◽  
Neuropsychological Test Battery ◽  
Fluency Task

Abstract. We investigated theory of mind (ToM) deficits in Alzheimer‘s disease (AD) and its possible connection to autobiographical memory (ABM). Patients and matched controls were evaluated and compared using a video-based ToM test, an autobiographical fluency task, and a neuropsychological test battery. We found that ToM deficits were positively associated with semantic ABM in the clinical group, whereas a positive relationship appeared between ToM and episodic ABM in controls. We hypothesize that this reflects the course of the disease as well as that semantic ABM is used for ToM processing, being still accessible in AD. Furthermore, we assume that it is also less efficient, which in turn leads to a specific deficit profile of social cognition.

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