title: Social functioning in Chinese college students with and without schizotypal personality traits: an exploratory study of the Chinese version of the First Episode Social Functioning Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The First Episode Social Functioning Scale (FESFS) was designed to measure social functioning of young individuals with schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to validate a Chinese version of the FESFS in a sample of young Chinese adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  The FESFS was translated to Chinese prior to being administered to 1576 college students. The factor structure, reliability, and validity of the scale were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two items were deleted after item analysis and the internal consistency of the whole scale was .89. A six-factor structure was derived by exploratory factor analysis. The factors were interpersonal, family and friends, school, living skills, intimacy, and balance. Estimates of the structural equation model supported this structure, with Goodness of Fit Chi-Square χ(2) = 1097.53 (p<0.0001), the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.058, and the comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.93. Scale validity was supported by significant correlations between social functioning factors scores and schizophrenia personality questionnaire (SPQ) scores. Individuals with schizotypal personality features presented poorer social functioning than those without schizotypal personality features.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Chinese revised version of the FESFS was found to have good psychometric properties and could be used in the future to examine social functioning in Chinese college students.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ya-hsuan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Sin-man
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: Wen-hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hai-song
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yan-fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Ya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu-na
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Simon S Y
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lui
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: David H K
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shum
authors.forename: Raymond C K
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities