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Trial reportPsychiatry and clinical neurosciences2020

Mediating role of cognition and social cognition on creativity among patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls: Revisiting the Shared Vulnerability Model.

Agurne Sampedro, Javier Peña, Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao, Pedro Sánchez, Nagore Iriarte-Yoller, Sara Ledesma-González, Mikel Tous-Espelosin, Natalia Ojeda

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Trial report in Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Agurne SampedroDepartment of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3069-4897
Javier PeñaDepartment of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0041-7020
Naroa Ibarretxe-BilbaoDepartment of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
Pedro SánchezRefractory Psychosis Unit, Hospital Psiquiátrico de Alava, Vitoria, Spain.
Nagore Iriarte-YollerRefractory Psychosis Unit, Hospital Psiquiátrico de Alava, Vitoria, Spain.
Sara Ledesma-GonzálezDepartment of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
Mikel Tous-EspelosinDepartment of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Natalia OjedaDepartment of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
Universidad de Deusto · ESUniversity of the Basque Country · ESHospital Universitario Araba · ES

Funding

Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el BuenoMinistry of Economy and Competitiveness PI16/01022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimAs suggested by the Shared Vulnerability Model, impairment in executive functions could lead to worse creative performance among individuals with schizophrenia. Another impaired function in schizophrenia, previously related to creativity in healthy people, is theory of mind. However, little is known about the effect of theory of mind in creativity in schizophrenia. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze differences in creativity among patients with schizophrenia compared to healthy controls (HC) and to explore the potential role of executive functions and theory of mind as mediators of this relation.

methodsForty-five patients with schizophrenia and 45 HC underwent a neuropsychological assessment, including executive functions (cognitive flexibility and working memory), theory of mind, and verbal and figural creativity.

resultsAs expected, patients with schizophrenia obtained lower scores in creativity, cognitive flexibility, working memory, and theory of mind compared to HC. Path analysis showed that theory of mind mediated the relation between group (schizophrenia or HC) and both figural (Z = 2.075, P = 0.037) and verbal creativity (Z = 2.570, P = 0.010). Working memory mediated the relation between group and figural creativity (Z = 2.034, P = 0.041) and was marginally significant for verbal creativity (Z = 1.930, P = 0.053). Finally, cognitive flexibility mediated between group and figural creativity (Z = 2.454, P = 0.014).

conclusionResults suggest that the lower performance in creativity among patients with schizophrenia was partly due to an impairment in executive functions and theory of mind. The involvement of theory of mind opens up a new field of research as a possible risk factor in the Shared Vulnerability Model.

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CreativitySocial CognitionAdultCognitive DysfunctionExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansMaleMemory, Short-TermMiddle AgedSchizophreniaTheory of Mindcognitioncreativityexecutive functionschizophreniatheory of mind

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