Metacognitive and social cognition deficits in patients with significant psychiatric and medical adversity: a comparison between participants with schizophrenia and a sample of participants who are HIV-positive.
J Nerv Ment Dis
; 200(2): 130-4, 2012 Feb.
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Research exploring metacognition and social cognition in schizophrenia has tended to use control groups experiencing relatively little adversity. Therefore, it remains unclear whether the deficits found among persons with schizophrenia are merely the result of greater life adversity. To explore this issue, we assessed metacognition and social cognition among 40 participants with schizophrenia and 25 adults with HIV. We chose to explore this phenomenon in people with HIV given the literature suggesting that this group experiences significant adversity. Measures of metacognition and social cognition included the Metacognition Assessment Scale (MAS), the Hinting test, and the Bell-Lysaker Emotion Recognition Test (BLERT). After controlling for education, years since diagnosis, and memory, the schizophrenia group performed more poorly on the MAS and the Hinting test. No differences were found on the BLERT. The results are consistent with the possibility that schizophrenia is linked to decrements in metacognition and some forms of social cognition.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Esquizofrenia
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Psicología del Esquizofrénico
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Conducta Social
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Infecciones por VIH
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Seropositividad para VIH
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Trastornos del Conocimiento
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Nerv Ment Dis
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos