Do better communication skills promote sheltered employment in schizophrenia?

Adamczyk, Przemysław; Daren, Artur; Sulecka, A.; Błądziński, Piotr; Cichocki, Łukasz; Kalisz, Aneta; Gawęda, Łukasz; Cechnicki, Andrzej

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2016.08.015

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“…Our previous results are in line with the above, since in a group of people with schizophrenia who were assessed with the Right Hemisphere Language Battery (RHLB, Bryan, 1995; RHLB-PL, Łojek, 2007) we observed a poorer performance of the humor subtest among others diminished specific communication skills, i.e. metaphors (Adamczyk et al, 2016). In the RHLB humor test, consisting of matching one of three available endings to stories in order to create jokes, people with schizophrenia made more mistakes than healthy controls by choosing mainly neutral or sometimes absurd endings.…”

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“…The clinical group consisted of people diagnosed with ICD-10 schizophrenia (World Health Organization, 2011), who were participants in a complex psychotherapeutically-oriented community psychiatry treatment and rehabilitation program in Kraków, Poland (Adamczyk et al, 2016, Cechnicki, 2011) and who were recruited through advertising in the local network of outpatients clinics and rehabilitation centers. Diagnoses were made by experienced psychiatrists based on clinical interviews and medical documentation.…”

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“…Recent reports indicate that diminished communication skills may be considered one of the most important features of schizophrenia outcome and recovery (Adamczyk et al, 2016, Falkenberg et al, 2007, Niznikiewicz et al, 2013, Titone, 2010, Wible, 2012). …”

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“…For example, the ability to use and experience humor is an important quality of human social functioning, which enriches social relations and improves cooperation between people (Goel and Dolan, 2001, Mobbs et al, 2003, Polimeni and Reiss, 2006a, Vrticka et al, 2013). Studies on humor appreciation in schizophrenia published to date point unequivocally toward disturbed processes related to comprehension and/or appreciation of humor, along with occasional contradictory conclusions concerning the relationship between the occurrence of this deficit and the severity of psychopathological symptoms (Adamczyk et al, 2016, Bozikas et al, 2007, Corcoran et al, 1997, Davenport, 2008, Falkenberg et al, 2007, Marjoram et al, 2006, Polimeni and Reiss, 2006b, Polimeni et al, 2010, Tsoi et al, 2008). It is notable that certain tests indicate that people with schizophrenia may benefit from humor training intervention during the recovery process, which improves their ability to understand and use humor (Cai et al, 2014) or reduces psychopathology and improves self-esteem and coping (Falkenberg et al, 2007, Gelkopf et al, 1993, Gelkopf et al, 1994, Gelkopf et al, 2006, Witztum et al, 1999).…”

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“…Based on our previous findings regarding schizophrenia-related impairments in humor processing (Adamczyk et al, 2016), this study evaluated neural substrates of diminished humor comprehension observed in schizophrenia. To investigate the nature of this deficit and to localize cortical areas involved in humor processing we used fMRI.…”

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Neural circuit of verbal humor comprehension in schizophrenia - an fMRI study

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Individuals with schizophrenia exhibit problems with understanding the figurative meaning of language. This study evaluates neural correlates of diminished humor comprehension observed in schizophrenia. The study included chronic schizophrenia (SCH) outpatients (n = 20), and sex, age and education level matched healthy controls (n = 20). The fMRI punchline based humor comprehension task consisted of 60 stories of which 20 had funny, 20 nonsensical and 20 neutral (not funny) punchlines. After the punchlines were presented, the participants were asked to indicate whether the story was comprehensible and how funny it was. Three contrasts were analyzed in both groups reflecting stages of humor processing: abstract vs neutral stories - incongruity detection; funny vs abstract - incongruity resolution and elaboration; and funny vs neutral – complete humor processing. Additionally, parametric modulation analysis was performed using both subjective ratings separately. Between-group comparisons revealed that the SCH subjects had attenuated activation in the right posterior superior temporal gyrus (BA 41) in case of irresolvable incongruity processing of nonsensical puns; in the left dorsomedial middle and superior frontal gyri (BA 8/9) in case of incongruity resolution and elaboration processing of funny puns; and in the interhemispheric dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24) in case of complete processing of funny puns. Additionally, during comprehensibility ratings the SCH group showed a suppressed activity in the left dorsomedial middle and superior frontal gyri (BA 8/9) and revealed weaker activation during funniness ratings in the left dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24). Interestingly, these differences in the SCH group were accompanied behaviorally by a protraction of time in both types of rating responses and by indicating funny punchlines less comprehensible. Summarizing, our results indicate neural substrates of humor comprehension processing impairments in schizophrenia, which is accompanied by fronto-temporal hypoactivation.

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Pragmatic competence and its relationship with the linguistic and cognitive profile of young adults with dyslexia

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The study assessed the pragmatic skills of 19 well-compensated Italian-speaking young adults with dyslexia compared with controls. A comprehensive pragmatic assessment tool was employed, targeting production and comprehension (Assessment of Pragmatic Abilities and Cognitive Substrates [APACS]). Participants were also administered a series of standardized tests to assess verbal and non-verbal cognitive abilities, including executive functions and social cognition tests. Data were analysed with the aim of understanding whether pragmatic abilities are compromised in dyslexia and of exploring associations between pragmatic performance and other cognitive domains. The performance of the dyslexia group was poorer than that of the control group in both expressive and receptive modalities. Data showed diffuse problems across several domains, with the greatest challenge posed by inferring nonliteral meanings, which indicates that pragmatic inefficiency is an important aspect of the linguistic and communicative profile of dyslexia in adulthood. Explorative correlations highlighted a relation between pragmatic performance and reading and vocabulary abilities, as well as between pragmatics and working memory. This suggests that pragmatic difficulties are strongly tied to the most distinctive aspects of dyslexia, namely, phonological awareness, verbal short-term memory, pseudo-word repetition, whereas the link with high-level executive functions and Theory of Mind is negligible.

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Longitudinal associations between metaphor understanding and peer relationships in middle childhood

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Metaphor understanding is a pragmatic inferential skill that serves a social function in adulthood. The present longitudinal study was designed to investigate the existence and the direction of the associations between metaphor understanding and peer relationships in children. One‐hundred twenty‐six typically developing 9‐year‐old children were tested at baseline and a year later for their ability to understand metaphors (via the physical and mental metaphors task) and their peer relationships (through peer acceptance and rejection). Results showed a longitudinal and bidirectional association between metaphor understanding and peer rejection, but not peer acceptance. Children who were more rejected were less able to understand metaphors 1 year later and children who struggled in understanding metaphors were more rejected 1 year later. Results are discussed in light of existing theoretical models. Overall, these findings show that the social nature of metaphor traces back to peer relationships in children.

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Do better communication skills promote sheltered employment in schizophrenia?

Cited by 27 publications

References 78 publications

Neural circuit of verbal humor comprehension in schizophrenia - an fMRI study

Neural circuit of verbal humor comprehension in schizophrenia - an fMRI study

Pragmatic competence and its relationship with the linguistic and cognitive profile of young adults with dyslexia

Longitudinal associations between metaphor understanding and peer relationships in middle childhood

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