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Video‐based assessment of interpersonal problem solving skills in patients with schizophrenia, their siblings and non‐psychiatric controls
Author(s) -
STÅLBERG GABRIELLA,
LICHTENSTEIN PAUL,
SANDIN SVEN,
HULTMAN CHRISTINA M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00615.x
Subject(s) - psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , vignette , interpersonal communication , social skills , inter rater reliability , context (archaeology) , clinical psychology , psychological intervention , psychiatry , vulnerability (computing) , developmental psychology , rating scale , social psychology , paleontology , computer security , computer science , biology
The aim of this study was to analyze social functioning in patients with schizophrenia and their biological relatives with a Swedish version of the video‐based vignette test Assessment of Interpersonal Problem Solving Skills (AIPSS). In a new video production with simulated “real life” situations we tested the ability to receive, process and send social information in 25 individuals with a DSM‐IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, 20 siblings to patients with schizophrenia and 25 randomly selected non‐psychiatric controls. The test proved to have good validity and interrater reliability. After controlling for positive or negative symptoms, patients had poor performance especially in acting out solutions leading to effective problem solving. Siblings generally did not differ from controls, but showed some deficiencies in non‐verbal language. To conclude, AIPSS is appropriate for use in a Swedish‐speaking context and might be useful in research on vulnerability indicators and in assessment of treatment interventions.