Searching for a consensus five-factor model of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for schizophrenia

• Published in: Schizophrenia research Vol. 137; no. 1-3; pp. 246 - 250
• Main Authors: Wallwork, R.S., Fortgang, R., Hashimoto, R., Weinberger, D.R., Dickinson, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - etiology; Consensus; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Models, Statistical; PANSS; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - complications; Schizophrenic Psychology; Symptoms; Young Adult; Schizophrenia; Cognition; PANSS; Symptoms; Human; Psychometrics; Personality; Psychosis; Symptomatology; Big Five personality model; Negative symptom; Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale Kay et al; Positive symptom

Although the developers of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) grouped items into three subscales, factor analyses indicate that a five-factor model better characterizes PANSS data. However, lack of consensus on which model to use limits the comparability of PANSS variables across studi...