Development of a Rasch-Calibrated Test for Assessing Implied Meaning in Patients With Schizophrenia
Journal
The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
4
Date Issued
2022-07-01
Author(s)
Abstract
Patients with schizophrenia tend to have severe deficits in theory of mind, which may limit their interpretation of others' behaviors and thereby hamper social participation. Commonly used measures of theory of mind assess the ability to understand various social situations (e.g., implied meaning or hinting, faux pas), but these measures do not yield valid, reliable, and gender unbiased results to inform interventions for managing theory-of-mind deficits. We used understanding of implied meaning, which appears to be a unidimensional construct highly correlated with social competence, as a promising starting point to develop a theory-of-mind assessment.
Subjects
MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL COGNITION; MIND EVIDENCE; IMPAIRMENT; CHILDREN; PEOPLE
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Publisher
AMER OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOC, INC
Type
journal article