Abstract
Many social cognitive assessment measures that are appropriate for clinical use are currently available, but there is a general concern about their ecological validity. This study aimed to develop an applicable real interaction-based test to assess social cognition. A sample of 50 subjects (mean age 22 ± 5.8, 56% women) took the Social Interaction Test as well as two instruments for assessing social cognition: (1) the Movie for Assessment of Social Cognition (MASC) and (2) branch 4 from the Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). The test showed no incidence on its application. The reliability of the 18-item final version of the test was a medium-high level (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.701). To assess the internal structure of the test, a multidimensional scaling procedure was used. The common space of coordinates for the two-dimensional solution showed a normalized raw stress of 0.076 and Tucker’s congruence coefficient of 0.965. The social interaction test showed stronger association with MASC (more realistic, video-based format) than with MSCEIT (less realistic, paper-based format). The Social Interaction Test is applicable and feasible to use it to assess social cognition in the general population.
Highlights
Social cognition is the basic ability of the subject to adapt to the social environment
This study focuses on the first theory of mind (ToM) sense aspects
The aim of this study was to develop a measurement for social cognition in which the assessed subject was taking part of the social situation, and exposed to real social stimuli
Summary
Social cognition is the basic ability of the subject to adapt to the social environment It enables the processing of social information and all anticipatory or subsequent cognitive acts in response to perceived social stimuli (such as emotions, intentions, double meanings, irony, etc.). In people whose social cognition is altered, there is a difficulty in perceiving and processing relevant stimuli to guide their interactions with other people observed. This impact on social cognition is not necessarily accompanied by poorer performance in other cognitive areas, suggesting that an altered ability in perceiving and processing a particular type of social information is sustained by specific regions of the brain [6]
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