Constructs across a hierarchical, dimensional model of psychopathology show differential associations with social and general cognitive ability
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Many psychiatric disorders and associated psychopathology dimensions are related to social cognitive deficits and reduced general cognitive ability. The current study applied a hierarchical, dimensional approach to better understand associations among psychopathology, social cognition, and general cognitive ability. Data were collected from two samples (n = 653), including psychosis-spectrum patients, their first-degree relatives, and individuals from community sources. Participants completed dimensional psychopathology measures and social cognition tasks (e.g., emotion perception and mentalizing). Data were analyzed using bi-factor exploratory structural equation modeling. Detachment-a psychopathology dimension conceptually linked to social functioning-was associated with worse social cognition, independent of general cognitive ability. Eccentricity and Machiavellianism were associated with better social cognition and general cognitive ability. Findings-and the hierarchical, dimensional approach employed-will be useful in informing future research on and interventions for social dysfunction.
Source: PLoS ONE
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,382
Awards: G1416087865, From Decision Theory to Personality Based Decision Theory, Neural Disconnection and Errant Visual Perception in Psychotic Psychopathology, Disrupted eye gaze perception as a biobehavioral marker of social dysfunction: An RDoC investigation, Neural and genetic mechanisms of cognition in externalizing behavior., Dispositional Negativity and the Pavlovian Control of Active and Passive Defensive Behavior
OpenAlex ID: W4406730471