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Multitasking capacities in persons diagnosed with schizophrenia: A preliminary examination of their neurocognitive underpinnings and ability to predict real world functioning
Laloyaux, Julien; Van der Linden, Martial; Levaux, Marie-Noëlle et al.
2014In Psychiatry Research, 217, p. 163-170
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Keywords :
Ecological validity; Neurocognition; Daily life; Daily living activity; Executive function
Abstract :
[en] Difficulties in everyday life activities are core features of persons diagnosed with schizophrenia and in particular during multitasking activities. However, at present, patients' multitasking capacities have not been adequately examined in the literature due to an absence of suitable assessment strategies. We thus recently developed a computerized real-life activity task designed to take into account the complex and multitasking nature of certain everyday life activities where participants are required to prepare a room for a meeting. Twenty-one individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and 20 matched healthy controls completed the computerized task. Patients were also evaluated with a cognitive battery, measures of symptomatology and real world functioning. To examine the ecological validity, 14 other patients were recruited and were given the computerized version and a real version of the meeting preparation task. Results showed that performance on the computerized task was significantly correlated with executive functioning, pointing to the major implication of these cognitive processes in multitasking situations. Performance on the computerized task also significantly predicted up to 50% of real world functioning. Moreover, the computerized task demonstrated good ecological validity. These findings suggest the importance of evaluating multitasking capacities in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia in order to predict real world functioning.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Laloyaux, Julien ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Van der Linden, Martial ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychopathologie cognitive
Levaux, Marie-Noëlle ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychopathologie cognitive
Mourad, Haitham
Pirri, Anthony
Bertrand, Hervé
Domken, Marc-André
Adam, Stéphane  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Psychologies Cliniques et Systèmes Humains > Psychologie de la sénescence
Laroi, Frank  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Language :
English
Title :
Multitasking capacities in persons diagnosed with schizophrenia: A preliminary examination of their neurocognitive underpinnings and ability to predict real world functioning
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
Psychiatry Research
ISSN :
0165-1781
eISSN :
1872-7123
Publisher :
Elsevier North Holland Biomedical Press, Limerick, Ireland
Volume :
217
Pages :
163-170
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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