The Type of Information People with Schizophrenia Use in Ambiguous Social Situations.
Cognición social
Conocimiento social
Esquizofrenia
Schizophrenia
Social cognition
Social knowledge
Teoría de la mente
Theory of mind
Journal
Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)
ISSN: 2530-3120
Titre abrégé: Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed)
Pays: Spain
ID NLM: 101778593
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
13 Aug 2020
13 Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
01
10
2019
revised:
30
11
2019
accepted:
25
05
2020
entrez:
18
3
2021
pubmed:
19
3
2021
medline:
19
3
2021
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Rather than focusing on the extensively studied social perception and recognition impairments in people with schizophrenia, this study focuses on the type of social information considered relevant by people with schizophrenia, and how they use it to arrive at conclusions about social situations. Participants included 50 outpatients with schizophrenia from the Hospital del Salvador at Valparaíso, Chile, and 50 healthy comparators matched by age and gender. Subjects completed the Social Information Preference Test (SIPT), which presents scenes depicting ambiguous social situations with faces, thoughts, and facts about the scene hidden from view. Participants were required to select a limited number of these items and then choose between possible interpretations of the scene (positive, neutral, or negative). Additionally, they are asked to provide a feeling of certainty in their answers, using a 7-point visual analogue scale. People with schizophrenia, as well as controls had a strong preference for knowing the thoughts of the characters. Both groups were least likely to choose emotional expressions. Patients were significantly less likely to choose object/information than controls. Both groups showed a high certainty in their responses and no tendency to choose negative interpretations. compensated clinical status of the patients may have influenced the results. The results of this study suggest that, despite difficulties perceiving clues about the mental state of others, people with schizophrenia use this information to make sense of social situations, and apparently, they do not have problems in understanding social interactions.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
Rather than focusing on the extensively studied social perception and recognition impairments in people with schizophrenia, this study focuses on the type of social information considered relevant by people with schizophrenia, and how they use it to arrive at conclusions about social situations.
METHODS
METHODS
Participants included 50 outpatients with schizophrenia from the Hospital del Salvador at Valparaíso, Chile, and 50 healthy comparators matched by age and gender. Subjects completed the Social Information Preference Test (SIPT), which presents scenes depicting ambiguous social situations with faces, thoughts, and facts about the scene hidden from view. Participants were required to select a limited number of these items and then choose between possible interpretations of the scene (positive, neutral, or negative). Additionally, they are asked to provide a feeling of certainty in their answers, using a 7-point visual analogue scale.
RESULTS
RESULTS
People with schizophrenia, as well as controls had a strong preference for knowing the thoughts of the characters. Both groups were least likely to choose emotional expressions. Patients were significantly less likely to choose object/information than controls. Both groups showed a high certainty in their responses and no tendency to choose negative interpretations.
LIMITATIONS
CONCLUSIONS
compensated clinical status of the patients may have influenced the results.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The results of this study suggest that, despite difficulties perceiving clues about the mental state of others, people with schizophrenia use this information to make sense of social situations, and apparently, they do not have problems in understanding social interactions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33735007
pii: S0034-7450(20)30070-6
doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2020.05.003
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
spa
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.