Emotion perception and learning potential: mediators between neurocognition and social problem-solving in schizophrenia?

Working memory dysfunctions predict social problem solving skills in schizophrenia.

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 ...

Emotion Perception in Schizophrenia. Associations with neurocognition, symptoms and social functional outcome

Reducing the academic burnout of students with learning disabilities through attributional retraining, emotional regulation, and cognitive-social problem solving

objective: The aim of this research was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of attributional retraining program, emotion regulation and cognitive-social problem solving on reduction of academic burnout in students with early learning disabilities in Tehran. Method: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest,and follow up. The participants consisted of 40 students with le...

Sensorimotor gating, orienting and social perception in schizophrenia.

Basic neurocognition and social cognition appear to influence the social impairments of persons with schizophrenia. This study examined relationships between two very basic automatic processes (i.e., sensorimotor gating and orienting) and social perception in schizophrenic patients. Thirty outpatients with schizophrenia completed psychophysiological measures of sensorimotor gating (prepulse inh...

Social problem-solving in high-functioning schizophrenia: specific deficits in sending skills.

This study examined social problem-solving performance in high-functioning schizophrenia (n=26) and its relation to neurocognition. Ten healthy controls were used as a comparison group. Social problem-solving was assessed with the Assessment of Interpersonal Problem Solving Skills (AIPSS) method. The schizophrenia group was outperformed by healthy controls on all AIPSS measures, reaching statis...