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An Empirical Method for Assessing Social Problem Solving in Schizophrenia

Margaret D. Sayers

Alan S. Bellack

Julie H. Wade

Medical College of Pennsylvania at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute

Melanie E. Bennett

Rutgers University

Pattey Fong

California State University-Fresno

The development of a multimethod social problem-solving battery for schizophrenia is described. The battery is unique in that empirical methods were used throughout its development. The battery includes components that tap skills for response generation and response evaluation. The behavioral components of social problem solving are assessed in an extended role-play format. Individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, as well as nonpatient controls, completed the social problem-solving battery and cognitive measures. Subjects in the schizophrenia group performed more poorly than controls on measures of the ability to generate and evaluate response alternatives, as well as on the role-play test. The two patient groups did not differ in performance on any of the social problem-solving components. Appropriateness of affect was the most powerful predictor of problem-solving effectiveness.

Behavior Modification, Vol. 19, No. 3, 267-289 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/01454455950193001
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