?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Th.o.m.a.s.%3A+An+exploratory+assessment+of+Theory+of+Mind+in+schizophrenic+subjects&rft.creator=Bosco%2C+Francesca+M.&rft.creator=Colle%2C+Livia&rft.creator=De+Fazio%2C+Silvia&rft.creator=Bono%2C+Adele&rft.creator=Ruberti%2C+Saverio&rft.creator=Tirassa%2C+Maurizio&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Neuropsychiatry&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=A+large+body+of+literature+agrees+that+persons+with+schizophrenia+suffer+from+a+Theory+of+Mind+(ToM)+deficit.+However%2C+most+empirical+studies+have+focused+on+third-person%2C+egocentric+ToM%2C+underestimating+other+facets+of+this+complex+cognitive+skill.+Aim+of+this+research+is+to+examine+the+ToM+of+schizophrenic+persons+considering+its+various+aspects+(first+vs.+second+order%2C+first+vs.+third+person%2C+egocentric+vs.+allocentric%2C+beliefs+vs.+desires+vs.+positive+emotions+vs.+negative+emotions+and+how+each+of+these+mental+state+types+may+be+dealt+with)%2C+to+determine+whether+some+components+are+more+impaired+than+others.+We+developed+a+Theory+of+Mind+Assessment+Scale+(Th.o.m.a.s.)+and+administered+it+to+22+persons+with+a+DSM-IV+diagnosis+of+schizophrenia+and+a+matching+control+group.+Th.o.m.a.s.+is+a+semi-structured+interview+which+allows+a+multi-component+measurement+of+ToM.+Both+groups+were+also+administered+a+few+existing+ToM+tasks+and+the+schizophrenic+subjects+were+administered+the+Positive+and+Negative+Symptoms+Scale+and+the+WAIS-R.+The+schizophrenic+persons+performed+worse+than+control+at+all+the+ToM+measurements%3B+however%2C+these+deficits+appeared+to+be+differently+distributed+among+different+components+of+ToM.+Our+conclusion+is+that+ToM+deficits+are+not+unitary+in+schizophrenia%2C+which+also+testifies+to+the+importance+of+a+complete+and+articulated+investigation+of+ToM.&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6816%2F1%2F2009-Thomas1-ConscCog.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bosco%2C+Francesca+M.+and+Colle%2C+Livia+and+De+Fazio%2C+Silvia+and+Bono%2C+Adele+and+Ruberti%2C+Saverio+and+Tirassa%2C+Maurizio++(2009)+Th.o.m.a.s.%3A+An+exploratory+assessment+of+Theory+of+Mind+in+schizophrenic+subjects.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6816%2F