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Working memory dysfunctions predict social problem solving skills in schizophrenia
First author: Huang Jia
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The current study aimed to examine the contribution of neurocognition and social cognition to components of social problem solving. Sixty-seven inpatients with schizophrenia and 31 healthy controls were administrated batteries of neurocognitive tests, emotion perception tests, and the Chinese Assessment of Interpersonal Problem Solving Skills (CAIPSS). MANOVAs were conducted to investigate the domains in which patients with schizophrenia showed impairments. Correlations were used to determine which impaired domains were associated with social problem solving, and multiple regression analyses were conducted to compare the relative contribution of neurocognitive and social cognitive functioning to components of social problem solving. Compared with healthy controls, patients with schizophrenia performed signi cantly worse in sustained attention, working memory, negative emotion, intention identi cation and all components of the CAIPSS. Speci cally, sustained attention, working memory and negative emotion identi cation were found to correlate with social problem solving and 1-back accuracy signi cantly predicted the poor performance in social problem solving. Among the dysfunctions in schizophrenia, working memory contributed most to de cits in social problem solving in patients with schizophrenia. This nding provides support for targeting working memory in the development of future social problem solving rehabilitation interventions.

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Page number: 96–101
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PubYear: 2015
Volume: 220
Unit code: 153111
Publication name: Psychiatry Research
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