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The association of metacognition with emotion recognition and perspective taking in a Russian sample with psychosis
Author(s) -
Lysaker Paul H.,
Chernov Nikita,
Moiseeva Tatyana,
Sozinova Marta,
Dmitryeva Nadezhda,
Alyoshin Vitaliy,
Kukla Marina,
Wiesepape Courtney,
Karpenko Olga,
Kostyuk Georgiy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.23076
Subject(s) - metacognition , psychology , social cognition , neurocognitive , cognition , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychopathology , psychosis , developmental psychology , theory of mind , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , psychiatry
Objective Schizophrenia may reflect an interactive network of disturbances in cognition. In this study we have examined the relationship between two forms of cognition: metacognition and social cognition among a sample with schizophrenia ( n = 41), early episode psychosis ( n = 37), and major depression ( n = 30) gathered in Moscow, Russia. Methods Metacognition was assessed with the Metacognition Assessment Scale‐Abbreviated. Social cognition was assessed with the Ekman 60 Faces Test and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Verbal memory and global psychopathology were included as potential covariates. Results Partial correlations controlling for demographics, neurocognition, and psychopathology revealed greater metacognitive capacity was linked to better facial emotion recognition and perspective taking in the prolonged schizophrenia group. Greater metacognitive capacity in the early psychosis group was linked with greater facial emotion recognition. Metacognition and social cognition were not related to one another in the depression group. Conclusions Social cognition and metacognition may be uniquely related in psychosis.