SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
A Systematic Review of the Current Measures of Theory of Mind in Adults with Schizophrenia.
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- Reliability of Theory of Mind Tasks in Schizophrenia, ASD, and Nonclinical Populations: A Systematic Review and Reliability Generalization Meta-analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Psychometric Properties of Turkish Instruments Assessing Social Cognition in Psychiatry and Neurology: A Systematic Review.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Advances in the ecological validity of research on social cognition in schizophrenia: A systematic review of the literature.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2025Review
- Impairment in social cognition in people with substance use disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The 36-Item Yoni Task: Normative Data for the Clinical Assessment of Theory of Mind.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Targeting metacognitive change mechanisms in acute inpatients with psychotic symptoms: feasibility and acceptability of a modularized group intervention.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- Validation of behavioral measures of social cognition in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Reliability and minimal detectable change of the Yoni task for the theory of mind assessment.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Mentalizing in a movie for the assessment of social cognition (MASC): the validation in a taiwanese sample.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- The animated assessment of theory of mind for people with schizophrenia (AToMS): development and psychometric evaluation.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Article
- Standardization and normative data of the 48-item Yoni short version for the assessment of theory of mind in typical and atypical conditions.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
Adults with schizophrenia usually have impairments in theory of mind (ToM), which subsequently cause them problems in social interaction. Therefore, it is important for healthcare providers to assess their ToM using adequate measures. This systematic review evaluated current ToM measures (or ToM tasks) for adults with schizophrenia and summarized their specific characteristics, including the concept and construct, administration, and psychometric properties. From a review of 117 articles, 13 types of ToM tasks were identified, and the findings from these articles were qualitatively synthesized. The results showed that ToM tasks are diverse in their presentation modalities, answer modes, strategies of controlling cognitive confounders, and scoring. Most tasks employ cognitive and affective dimensions and target a specific, single ToM concept. The present systematic review found that psychometric evidence supporting the ToM tasks, such as internal consistency, test-retest reliability, unidimensionality, and convergent, criterion, and ecological validities, is insufficient. Based on the results, we propose several principles for selecting appropriate ToM tasks in practice, e.g., selecting a task with multiple ToM concepts, or an exclusive ToM construct containing the cognitive and affective dimensions. Moreover, future studies are needed to provide more psychometric evidence on each type of ToM task applied in people with schizophrenia.
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