Journal article
Assessment of Social Cognition and Theory of Mind: Initial Validation of the Geneva Social Cognition Scale.
- Martory MD Neuropsychology Unit and Laboratory of Experimental Neuropsychology, Department of Neurology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Pegna AJ
- Sheybani L
- Métral M
- Bernasconi Pertusio F
- Annoni JM
- 2015-12-15
Published in:
- European neurology. - 2015
Adult
Aged
Brain Damage, Chronic
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Social Adjustment
Social Behavior
Social Skills
Theory of Mind
English
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.
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.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1159/000442412
- PMID 26656509
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/240683
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