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Publication Date: 2008
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Assessing Deictic Relational Responding in Social Anhedonia: A Functional Approach to the Development of Theory of Mind Impairments
Villatte, Matthieu; Monestes, Jean-Louis; McHugh, Louise; Freixa i Baque, Esteve; Loas, Gwenole; Loas, Amiens
International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, v4 n4 p360-373 2008
The current study aimed to compare deictic relational responding and Theory of Mind (ToM) performances in 60 non-clinical young adults with a profile of high versus low social anhedonia in order to investigate a possible link between social anhedonia and ToM functioning. The results indicated that social anhedonic participants were less accurate than controls (matched on age, gender and general intellectual competencies) on ToM tasks (P less than 0.001) and on complex deictic relational responding (P=0.05). Accuracy on reversing deictic relations explains 52% of the variance of ToM performance (P=0.000). These findings support the RFT approach to ToM and suggest the critical role of social contact for the remediation of deficits. (Contains 2 figures and 6 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Young Adults, Cognitive Development, Behavioral Science Research, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Schizophrenia
Joseph Cautilli, Ph.D. & The Behavior Analyst Online Organization. 535 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-3220. Tel: 215-462-6737; Web site: http://www.baojournal.com/
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Language: English
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