Cognitive correlates of schizophrenia signs and symptoms: I. Verbal communication disturbances.
We examined the relations between verbal communication disturbances and several hypothesized etiological factors in 47 schizophrenia spectrum individuals. Both alogia and disturbed discourse coherence were associated with poor planning abilities. Alogia and discourse coherence were differentially associated with performance on tasks measuring fluency, working memory, word finding abilities, and concentration/attention.
Berenbaum
Howard
H
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, United States. hberenba@uiuc.edu
Kerns
John G
JG
Vernon
Laura L
LL
Gomez
Jose J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013637:Tape Recording; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014888:Wechsler Scales