Knowing me, knowing you: a scoping review assessing the current field of social cognition in schizophrenia compared to autism and healthy controls
(2022) PSPR14 20221Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The majority of research into between group differences in social cognition has been conducted in samples of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in relation to healthy controls (HC). Another clinical group associated with significant social impairments is Schizophrenia (SCZ). Previous research within the field of social cognition has yet to yield consensus regarding the relationships between different social cognitive outcome measures which complicates statistical comparisons, and conceptual confusion further seems to hinder the possibilities of achieving coherence. The present study aimed to map and explore research published between 2014–2021 investigating social cognition in SCZ relative to ASD and to healthy controls (HC),... (More)
- The majority of research into between group differences in social cognition has been conducted in samples of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in relation to healthy controls (HC). Another clinical group associated with significant social impairments is Schizophrenia (SCZ). Previous research within the field of social cognition has yet to yield consensus regarding the relationships between different social cognitive outcome measures which complicates statistical comparisons, and conceptual confusion further seems to hinder the possibilities of achieving coherence. The present study aimed to map and explore research published between 2014–2021 investigating social cognition in SCZ relative to ASD and to healthy controls (HC), to assess its quality and to summarize existing limitations and recommendations for future research, using the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Fifteen (n=15) case-control studies meeting the requirements for inclusion were identified. Most studies reported significant impairments in SCZ relative to HC, which were more or less similar to those in ASD. Neurocognitive status was reported to be weakly to moderately correlated with social cognitive performance, although often only within the patient group(s) and not in HC. Key words used to describe the phenomena in question included “social cognition”, “mentalization” and “Theory of Mind”/”ToM”, with the frequent use of the latter leading to a loss of discriminative ability. A critical assessment of the included studies found that most of them did not display enough methodological transparency. The studies within the scope described their limitations as mainly related to sample sizes and outcome measures’ reliability. Several conceptual and methodological issues are discussed, as well as clinical implications and recommendations for future studies. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Majoriteten av forskning som jämfört gruppers socialkognitiva prestationer har genomförts på samples av personer med autismspektrumstörning (ASD) i relation till friska kontroller (HC). Ett annat kliniskt tillstånd som associerats med signifikanta sociala nedsättningar är schizofreni (SCZ). Tidigare forskning inom socialkognition har ännu inte nått konsensus gällande relationerna mellan olika socialkognitiva utfallsmått, vilket komplicerar statistiska jämförelser, och begreppsförvirring tycks vidare utgöra ett hinder för att uppnå koherens. Denna studie syftade till att kartlägga och utforska sådan forskning publicerad mellan 2014–2021 som undersökt socialkognition vid SCZ relativt till ASD och till friska kontroller (HC), att bedöma... (More)
- Majoriteten av forskning som jämfört gruppers socialkognitiva prestationer har genomförts på samples av personer med autismspektrumstörning (ASD) i relation till friska kontroller (HC). Ett annat kliniskt tillstånd som associerats med signifikanta sociala nedsättningar är schizofreni (SCZ). Tidigare forskning inom socialkognition har ännu inte nått konsensus gällande relationerna mellan olika socialkognitiva utfallsmått, vilket komplicerar statistiska jämförelser, och begreppsförvirring tycks vidare utgöra ett hinder för att uppnå koherens. Denna studie syftade till att kartlägga och utforska sådan forskning publicerad mellan 2014–2021 som undersökt socialkognition vid SCZ relativt till ASD och till friska kontroller (HC), att bedöma kvaliteten på denna samt att summera existerande begränsningar och rekommendationer för framtida forskning med hjälp av the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Femton (n=15) studier identifierades vilka mötte kraven för inkludering. Majoriteten av dessa rapporterade signifikanta nedsättningar vid SCZ relativt till HC, vilka mer eller mindre liknade sådana funna vid ASD. Neurokognitiv status rapporterades i regel vara svagt till medelstarkt korrelerad med socialkognitiv prestation, associationer som oftare hittades i de kliniska populationerna än hos HC. Centrala begrepp för att beskriva fenomenen av intresse inkluderade ”socialkognition”, ”mentalisering” och ”Theory of Mind”/”ToM”, där den sistnämnda användes i sådan hög utsträckning att dess deskriptiva förmåga gick förlorad. En kritisk utvärdering fann att de flesta studier som inkluderades inte uppvisade tillräcklig metodologisk transparens. De inkluderade studierna beskrev sina metodologiska begränsningar som främst relaterade till samplestorlek och bristfällig reliabilitet hos de valda utfallsmåtten. Flertalet konceptuella och metodologiska problem diskuteras, samt kliniska implikationer och rekommendationer för framtida studier. (Less)
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- author
- Eriksdotter, My LU and Joutsimäki, Kalle LU
- supervisor
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- Per Johnsson LU
- organization
- course
- PSPR14 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Social Cognition, Theory of Mind (ToM), Mentalization, Schizophrenia (SCZ), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Scoping Review, Socialkognition, Mentalisering, Schizofreni (SCZ), Autismspektrumstörning (ASD)
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- English
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- 9081509
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- 2022-05-30 09:10:30
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abstract = {{The majority of research into between group differences in social cognition has been conducted in samples of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in relation to healthy controls (HC). Another clinical group associated with significant social impairments is Schizophrenia (SCZ). Previous research within the field of social cognition has yet to yield consensus regarding the relationships between different social cognitive outcome measures which complicates statistical comparisons, and conceptual confusion further seems to hinder the possibilities of achieving coherence. The present study aimed to map and explore research published between 2014–2021 investigating social cognition in SCZ relative to ASD and to healthy controls (HC), to assess its quality and to summarize existing limitations and recommendations for future research, using the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Fifteen (n=15) case-control studies meeting the requirements for inclusion were identified. Most studies reported significant impairments in SCZ relative to HC, which were more or less similar to those in ASD. Neurocognitive status was reported to be weakly to moderately correlated with social cognitive performance, although often only within the patient group(s) and not in HC. Key words used to describe the phenomena in question included “social cognition”, “mentalization” and “Theory of Mind”/”ToM”, with the frequent use of the latter leading to a loss of discriminative ability. A critical assessment of the included studies found that most of them did not display enough methodological transparency. The studies within the scope described their limitations as mainly related to sample sizes and outcome measures’ reliability. Several conceptual and methodological issues are discussed, as well as clinical implications and recommendations for future studies.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Knowing me, knowing you: a scoping review assessing the current field of social cognition in schizophrenia compared to autism and healthy controls}},
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