Facial affect recognition: A mediator between cognitive and social functioning in psychosis?

• Published in: Schizophrenia research Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 142 - 150
• Main Authors: Addington, Jean, Saeedi, Huma, Addington, Donald
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.07.2006; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Affect; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - epidemiology; Demography; Early psychosis; Facial affect recognition; Facial Expression; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Neuropsychological Tests; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Psychotic Disorders - epidemiology; Recognition (Psychology); Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - epidemiology; Severity of Illness Index; Social functioning; Surveys and Questionnaires; Schizophrenia; Facial affect recognition; Early psychosis; Cognition; Social functioning; Human; Affect affectivity; Memory; Emotion emotionality; Social cognition; Psychosis; Social behavior; Social interaction; Early; Facial expression; Recognition

Facial affect recognition has been implicated in the relationship between cognition and social functioning. This 1-year longitudinal study tested the hypothesis that facial affect recognition mediates the relationship between cognitive and social functioning. Three groups were included: 50 first-epi...