Social Cognition Training in Schizophrenia

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01206842

Enrollment

Registered

2010-09-22

Start date

2011-08-31

Completion date

2018-05-01

Last updated

2018-05-22

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Conditions

Schizophrenia, Social Cognition

Keywords

functional capacity, training, neurocognition

Brief summary

People with schizophrenia show deficits in social cognition, the ability to process information about other people such as identifying their emotional expressions. Social cognition is associated with everyday life functioning and could therefore be an important treatment target. Several social cognitive training programs have been developed during the last years. Results indicate that social cognitive performance can be ameliorated through commonly used intervention techniques. However, it is less clear whether this improvement generalizes to everyday life. The purpose of this study is to investigate if a social cognitive training program (Training in Affect Recognition) improves performance on social cognitive and neuropsychological tests and leads to improved everyday life functioning in persons with schizophrenia. The study also aims at examining if an improvement is present three months after completion of the training intervention.

Interventions

OTHERTraining in Affect Recognition

A 12-session social cognitive training programming covering emotion perception and social perception administered in a group setting to up to four participants with schizophrenia at the time

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 55 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* age 18-55 * diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder * IQ \> 69 * sufficient mastery of Norwegian to undergo assessments

Exclusion criteria

* history of head trauma * neurological/medical condition known to interfere with central nervous system * receiving outpatient care at time of recruitment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Social cognitive tests	Within one week and within three months of completed training	PFA and MASC

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Functional capacity tests	Within one week and within three months of completed training	AIPSS and UPSA-brief
Neuropsychological tests	Within one week and within three months of completed training	MATRICS

Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026