Sex differences in social cognition among individuals with schizophrenia and in healthy control participants: a secondary analysis of published data.
Affect perception
Emotion processing
Social perception
Theory of mind
Women
Journal
Archives of women's mental health
ISSN: 1435-1102
Titre abrégé: Arch Womens Ment Health
Pays: Austria
ID NLM: 9815663
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Jan 2024
20 Jan 2024
Historique:
received:
31
10
2023
accepted:
09
01
2024
medline:
20
1
2024
pubmed:
20
1
2024
entrez:
20
1
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Sex differences are present among individuals experiencing schizophrenia. Whether these differences extend to social cognition is unclear. In this study, we investigated sex differences in emotion perception, social perception and theory of mind (ToM). We examined sex differences between males and females with schizophrenia on five social cognitive tests. Healthy male and female control participants were included to examine if any sex difference was illness-specific. Emotion perception was measured with Pictures of Facial Affect (PFA) and Emotion in Biological Motion (EmoBio); social perception with the Relationships Across Domains Test (RAD); and ToM with the Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition (MASC) and Hinting Task. Two-way analyses of variance revealed overall group differences for all tests, with healthy controls outperforming individuals with schizophrenia. Significant sex effects were present for PFA and Hinting Task. There were no significant interaction effects. Within-group independent samples t-tests yielded one significant sex difference, i.e., among healthy controls for PFA. Females had better facial emotion perception than males. This sex difference was statistically significant among healthy controls and medium-large among individuals experiencing schizophrenia. There were no significant sex differences for other social cognitive domains. The study did not find evidence for a general female advantage in social cognition.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38244033
doi: 10.1007/s00737-024-01422-8
pii: 10.1007/s00737-024-01422-8
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : Helse Sør-Øst RHF
ID : 2010007
Organisme : Helse Sør-Øst RHF
ID : 2017069
Organisme : Norges Forskningsråd
ID : 223273
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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