Development and preliminary validation of the First Episode Social Functioning Scale for early psychosis

Factors limiting romantic relationship formation for individuals with early psychosis

“…Finally, all participants completed three subscales (i.e. 16 items out of 42) of the First Episode Social Functioning Scale (FESFS), specifically pertaining to Friendship and social activities, Interacting with people and Intimacy . Each domain contains questions on (i) their perceived ability in this domain and (ii) the frequency at which they have actually performed the behaviours in this domain during the past three months.…”

“…16 items out of 42) of the First Episode Social Functioning Scale (FESFS), specifically pertaining to Friendship and social activities, Interacting with people and Intimacy. 48 Each domain contains questions on (i) their perceived ability in this domain and (ii) the frequency at which they have actually performed the behaviours in this domain during the past three months. Therefore, for each domain, it is possible to yield a total score for skill perception and a total score for actual behaviour.…”

Metacognitive profiles in individuals with a first episode of psychosis and their relation to social functioning and perceived social support

“…Social functioning domains including "living skills", "interacting with people", "social activities", "intimacy", "friends", "family", "work" and "school" were assessed using the First Episode Social Functioning Scale (Lecomte et al, 2014a). Perceived social support was measured with the multidimensional perceived social support scale, which includes subscales for "friends", "family" and "someone special" (Zimet et al, 1988).…”

Social cognition and the course of social functioning in first‐episode psychosis

“…More recently, there has been increasing interest in the study of social cognition and social functioning in first‐episode psychosis (FEP) (Addington, Saeedi, & Addington, ; Thompson et al, ). Available research suggests that deficits in both of these variables are present early in the course of psychotic disorders (Achim, Ouellet, Roy, & Jackson, ; Bourdeau, Masse, & Lecomte, ; Lecomte et al, ; Thompson et al, ) and may also be present in first‐degree relatives of individuals with psychotic disorders (Glatt, Stone, Faraone, Seidman, & Tsuang, ; Lavoie, Bédard Lacroix, Godmaire‐Duhaime, Jackson, & Achim, ). Individuals early in the course of a psychotic illness may also be more responsive to psychosocial interventions than individuals with longstanding psychotic disorders (Goldstein, ; McFarlane, )—a finding that may be particularly relevant to recent efforts to develop psychosocial interventions to address social cognitive deficits in psychosis (Bartholomeusz et al, ; Penn, Roberts, Combs, & Sterne, ; Roberts & Penn, ).…”

“…Available research suggests that deficits in both of these variables are present early in the course of psychotic disorders (Achim, Ouellet, Roy, & Jackson, 2012;Bourdeau, Masse, & Lecomte, 2012;Lecomte et al, 2014;Thompson et al, 2012) and may also be present in firstdegree relatives of individuals with psychotic disorders (Glatt, Stone, Faraone, Seidman, & Tsuang, 2006;Lavoie, Bédard Lacroix, Godmaire-Duhaime, Jackson, & Achim, 2013). Individuals early in the course of a psychotic illness may also be more responsive to psychosocial interventions than individuals with longstanding psychotic disorders (Goldstein, 1996;McFarlane, 2002)-a finding that may be particularly relevant to recent efforts to develop psychosocial interventions to address social cognitive deficits in psychosis (Bartholomeusz et al, 2013;Penn, Roberts, Combs, & Sterne, 2007;Roberts & Penn, 2009 (Green et al, 2008) identified 5 domains of social cognition relevant to the study of psychotic disorders (ie, attributional style, emotion recognition, social knowledge, social perception and theory of mind), no study to date has examined all 5 domains of social cognition simultaneously in the same sample (Addington & Piskulic, 2011;Thompson et al, 2012).…”