Title

Schizotypy, Autobiographical Memory, and Theory of Mind Sex Differences

Authors

Authors

A. E. Deptula;J. S. Bedwell

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Nerv. Ment. Dis.

Keywords

Schizotypy; Theory of mind; Autobiographical memory; Schizotypal; Schizophrenia; SOCIAL-PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRIC SCHIZOTYPY; ASPERGER-SYNDROME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; PERSONALITY; EXPERIENCES; AUTISM; SCALE; SELF; VULNERABILITY; Clinical Neurology; Psychiatry

Abstract

Individuals with schizophrenia exhibit a range of cognitive impairments, including tasks assessing theory of mind (ToM) and autobiographical memory (AM). This study appears to be the first to examine how ToM and AM abilities interact in relation to schizotypy. Forty-seven undergraduate students reporting a wide continuous range of scores on the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) completed a measure of ToM and a measure assessing various phenomenological qualities of AM. Female participants exhibited a negative correlation between the ToM score and the SPQ total score and a positive correlation between enhanced phenomenological qualities of AM and the SPQ disorganized factor score. No statistically significant relationships were found for male participants. ToM was negatively correlated with AM across the entire sample, which was not moderated by sex or schizotypy. It is possible that distinct underlying mechanisms account for the observed sex differences on ToM and AM performance in schizophrenia-related conditions.

Journal Title

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volume

203

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

96

Last Page

100

WOS Identifier

WOS:000349001900004

ISSN

0022-3018

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