Negative symptoms and concomitant attention deficits in schizophrenia: Associations with prospective assessments of anxiety, social dysfunction, and avoidant coping
Tsai J, Lysaker PH, Vohs JL. Negative symptoms and concomitant attention deficits in schizophrenia: Associations with prospective assessments of anxiety, social dysfunction, and avoidant coping. Journal Of Mental Health 2010, 19: 184-192. PMID: 20433326, PMCID: PMC2864941, DOI: 10.3109/09638230903469277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention deficitsNegative symptomsGreater internalized stigmaPoor social functioningAttentional functionsAttention groupAvoidant copingPsychosocial difficultiesLower appraisalsPsychological dysfunctionSocial dysfunctionSocial functioningPoor attentionInternalized stigmaEtiological rootsHigh levelsMeaningful subgroupsAnxietyDeficitsParticipantsSchizophreniaCopingAttentionHigher preferenceSymptomsDecrements in Sustained Attention Across Trials in a Continuous Performance Test
Lysaker PH, Tsai J, Henninger LL, Vohs JL, Viverito K. Decrements in Sustained Attention Across Trials in a Continuous Performance Test. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2010, 198: 154-158. PMID: 20145492, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0b013e3181cc5215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalArousalAttentionCognition DisordersDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsPsychomotor PerformanceSchizophreniaSeverity of Illness IndexSocial BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsContinuous Performance Test IIContinuous Performance TestConners' Continuous Performance Test IIContinuous performance taskReaction timeOngoing outpatient treatmentSchizophrenia spectrum disordersAttentional dysfunctionSustained attentionPerformance taskPsychosocial deficitsSpectrum disorderInterpersonal problemsCoping QuestionnaireTest IIPerformance testsConcurrent assessmentSocial functionAnalysis of covarianceParticipantsTaskDeficitsStable featuresOutpatient treatmentVariable performance