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Irony and Proverb Comprehension in Schizophrenia: Do Female Patients “Dislike” Ironic Remarks?
Joint Authors
Rapp, Alexander M.
Langohr, Karin
Mutschler, Dorothee E.
Wild, Barbara
Source
Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Difficulties in understanding irony and sarcasm are part of the social cognition deficits in patients with schizophrenia.
A number of studies have reported higher error rates during comprehension in patients with schizophrenia.
However, the relationships of these impairments to schizotypal personality traits and other language deficits, such as the comprehension of proverbs, are unclear.
We investigated irony and proverb comprehension in an all-female sample of 20 schizophrenia patients and 27 matched controls.
Subjects indicated if a statement was intended to be ironic, literal, or meaningless and furthermore rated the meanness and funniness of the stimuli and certainty of their decision.
Patients made significantly more errors than controls did.
Globally, there were no overall differences in the ratings.
However, patients rated the subgroup of stimuli with answers given incorrectly as having significantly less meanness and in case of an error indicated a significantly higher certainty than controls.
Across all of the study participants, performances in irony (r=-0.51) and proverb (r=0.56) comprehension were significantly correlated with schizotypal personality traits, suggesting a continuum of nonliteral language understanding.
Because irony is so frequent in everyday conversations, this makes irony an especially promising candidate for social cognition training in schizophrenia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rapp, Alexander M.& Langohr, Karin& Mutschler, Dorothee E.& Wild, Barbara. 2014. Irony and Proverb Comprehension in Schizophrenia: Do Female Patients “Dislike” Ironic Remarks?. Schizophrenia Research and Treatment،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rapp, Alexander M.…[et al.]. Irony and Proverb Comprehension in Schizophrenia: Do Female Patients “Dislike” Ironic Remarks?. Schizophrenia Research and Treatment No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Rapp, Alexander M.& Langohr, Karin& Mutschler, Dorothee E.& Wild, Barbara. Irony and Proverb Comprehension in Schizophrenia: Do Female Patients “Dislike” Ironic Remarks?. Schizophrenia Research and Treatment. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1047493
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1047493