title: Metacognition and social cognition in schizophrenia: stability and relationship to concurrent and prospective symptom assessments.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Schizophrenia has been linked with deficits in the ability to form complex representations about oneself and others. Less clear is whether these deficits are stable over time, and whether they are related to symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed metacognition capacity, affect recognition, executive function, and symptoms at baseline and 6 months later for 49 adults with schizophrenia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Paired t tests revealed assessments of metacognition and affect recognition were stable across measurements points. Metacognition was related to concurrent assessments of positive, negative and disorganized symptoms. Multiple regressions revealed metacognition was related to prospective assessments of negative symptoms after controlling for baseline negative symptoms and executive function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Metacognitive deficits are a stable feature of schizophrenia related with negative symptoms.
authors.affiliation: University of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Jay A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hamm
authors.forename: Selwyn B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Fogley
authors.forename: Bethany L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Leonhardt
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dimaggio
authors.forename: Kelly D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Buck
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lysaker
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012938:Social Perception; D056345:Theory of Mind / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors