TY - JOUR
T1 - Information processing and social cognitive problem solving in schizophrenia
T2 - Assessment of interrelationships and changes over time
AU - Penn, David L.
AU - Willem Van Der Does, A. J.
AU - Spaulding, William D.
AU - Garbin, Calvin P.
AU - Linszen, Don
AU - Dingemans, Peter
PY - 1993/1
Y1 - 1993/1
N2 - The relationship between basic information processing and social cognitive problem solving (SCPS) was studied in 31 schizophrenic, 16 depressive, and 31 control subjects. The clinical subjects were assessed twice, during symptom exacerbation and 3 months later, after partial remission. Control subjects were tested during the same time period. Subjects completed a means-ends problem-solving test, an alternative solution generation task, and an information-processing test battery. Results showed that schizophrenic subjects demonstrated significant improvement in a number of information-processing indices over time. No significant changes on the social cognitive problem-solving variables were found. Furthermore, all three groups demonstrated different patterns of relationships between information processing and social cognitive problem solving. Implications for treatment are discussed.
AB - The relationship between basic information processing and social cognitive problem solving (SCPS) was studied in 31 schizophrenic, 16 depressive, and 31 control subjects. The clinical subjects were assessed twice, during symptom exacerbation and 3 months later, after partial remission. Control subjects were tested during the same time period. Subjects completed a means-ends problem-solving test, an alternative solution generation task, and an information-processing test battery. Results showed that schizophrenic subjects demonstrated significant improvement in a number of information-processing indices over time. No significant changes on the social cognitive problem-solving variables were found. Furthermore, all three groups demonstrated different patterns of relationships between information processing and social cognitive problem solving. Implications for treatment are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005053-199301000-00003
DO - 10.1097/00005053-199301000-00003
M3 - Article
C2 - 8419510
AN - SCOPUS:0027523556
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 181
SP - 13
EP - 20
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 1
ER -