Abstract
Introduction: Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness characterized by cognitive deficits as well as vocational impairment and interpersonal difficulties. This study examined the link between Continues Performance and everyday living skills. Methodes: Sample was 20 Schizophrenia (11 male and 9 female) selected using convenience sampling among individual with Schizophrenia diagnostic and 20 (10 male and 10 female) were matched with them as control group considering sex, age, marriage and education . Instruments were used in this study include: UCSD Performance-Based Skills Assessment Test (UPSA) and Continues Performance Test (CPT). Results: MANOVA showed a significant main effect for five domain of UPSA and four domain of UPSA. CPT predicted UPSA in schizophrenia. Conclusions: Individuals with schizophrenia would perform significantly worse in everyday living skills and on CPT. In fact poorer performance in CPT predicted basic skills performance in schizophrenia. This will help to determine what specifically needs to be targeted in rehabilitation of cognitive symptoms for those with schizophrenia, and that may reveal remediation in functional capacity as well. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n2s1p141
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