1. Assessment of Social Cognition and Theory of Mind: Initial Validation of the Geneva Social Cognition Scale.
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Martory MD, Pegna AJ, Sheybani L, Métral M, Bernasconi Pertusio F, and Annoni JM
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- Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Reproducibility of Results, Brain Damage, Chronic diagnosis, Brain Damage, Chronic psychology, Neuropsychological Tests statistics & numerical data, Psychometrics statistics & numerical data, Social Adjustment, Social Behavior, Social Skills, Theory of Mind
- Abstract
Background: Social cognition is widely studied in neurology. At present, such evaluations are designed for research or for specific diseases and simple general clinical tools are lacking. We propose a clinical evaluation tool for social cognition, the Geneva Social Cognition Scale (GeSoCS)., Methods: The GeSoCS is a 100-point scale composed of 6 subtests (theory of mind stories, recognition of social emotions, false beliefs, inferences, absurdity judgement and planning abilities) chosen from different validated tests of social and cognitive evaluation. Eighty-four patients with neurological disorders and 52 controls participated in the study. Evaluation duration lasted 20-60 min., Results: Mean scores were 92.6 ± 4.5 for controls and 76.5 ± 15.3 for patients and differentiate patients and controls in all subtests. With a cut-off score of 84, the scale had a sensitivity of 62% and a specificity of 94%. In our stroke subgroup, right CVAs failed in cartoons, inferences, 'mind in the eyes', and in the temporal rule task while left CVAs were impaired in verbal/discourse tasks (social cognition, inferences, absurd stories, and cartoons., Conclusions: The GeSoCS is a medium duration assessment tool that appears to detect and characterize significant social impairment in neurological patients., (© 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel.)
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- 2015
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