Premorbid Social Competence and Outcome among Schizophrenic and Nonschizophrenic Patients

Social competence in schizophrenia: Premorbid adjustment, social skill, and domains of functioning

“…Furthermore, among affective patients neither premorbid social nor sexual adjustment was related to any measures of social skill. Previous research has suggested that premorbid functioning is unrelated to outcome for nonschizophrenic patients (ROSEN et al, 1969;BROMET, HARROW, & KASL, 1974;WESTERMEYER & HARROW, 1986), although some studies have reported such a relationship (ZIGLER, GLICK, & MARSH, 1979). The lack of correlation between premorbid adjustment and social skill for affective patients suggests that social competence may be less stable over the course of affective disorders than schizophrenic-spectrum disorders.…”

Premorbid adjustment, symptom development and quality of life in first episode psychosis: a systematic review and critical reappraisal

“…Indeed, historically, the role of social functioning in premorbid adjustment has been emphasized compared with academic aspects of functioning (e.g. 101, 102). It is therefore regrettable that the small number of studies reporting academic adjustment levels precluded us from commenting on the previously observed correlation with negative symptoms, reported in multi‐episode psychosis samples (103–106).…”

Simple schizophrenia: an investigation of Bleuler's criteria based on the major twin studies of schizophrenia

“…Both scales were used because it has been noted that the Zigler-Phillips scale may not adequately assess social relationships (14)(15)(16). The case histories were rated on these 2 scales for level of social functioning before the first documented psychiatric hospitalization (17).…”