The challenges of ecological validity in the measurement of social perception in schizophrenia

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 700-702

  Vaskinn, Anja ^a   Sergi, Mark J ^b,c   Green, Michael F ^c,d  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Psychometrics; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Social perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349325685     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b3ae62     Document Type: Article

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