Revised Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) - Brazilian version

Sanvicente‐Vieira, Breno; Kluwe-Schiavon, Bruno; Wearick-Silva, Luís Eduardo; Piccoli, Giovanna Lopes; Scherer, Lilian Cristine; Tonelli, Hélio Anderson; Grassi‐Oliveira, Rodrigo

doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2013-1162

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“…The participants performed the ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test’ (RMET) in the MRI scanner (Baron‐Cohen et al ., ). The test was previously adapted to Brazilian Portuguese (Sanvicente‐Vieira et al ., ), and it has been previously applied in fMRI investigations of mental state attribution in schizophrenia (Russell et al ., ) and alcohol dependence (Gizewski et al ., ). It includes two conditions, namely ‘Mental State’ and ‘Sex.’ The conditions are made up of pictures of pairs of eyes.…”

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Violence and Latin‐American preadolescents: A study of social brain function and cortisol levels

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Azeredo

Sanvicente‐Vieira

et al. 2019

Developmental Science

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The present study investigated exposure to violence and its association with brain function and hair cortisol concentrations in Latin‐American preadolescents. Self‐reported victimization scores (JVQ‐R2), brain imaging (fMRI) indices for a social cognition task (the ‘eyes test’), and hair cortisol concentrations were investigated, for the first time, in this population. The eyes test is based on two conditions: attributing mental state or sex to pictures of pairs of eyes (Baron‐Cohen, Wheelwright, Hill, Raste, & Plumb, 2001). The results showed an association among higher victimization scores and (a) less activation of posterior temporoparietal right‐hemisphere areas, in the mental state condition only (including right temporal sulcus and fusiform gyrus); (b) higher functional connectivity indices for the Amygdala and Right Fusiform Gyrus (RFFG) pair of brain regions, also in the mental state condition only; (c) higher hair cortisol concentrations. The results suggest more exposure to violence is associated with significant differences in brain function and connectivity. A putative mechanism of less activation in posterior right‐hemisphere regions and of synchronized Amygdala: RFFG time series was identified in the mental state condition only. The results also suggest measurable effects of exposure to violence in hair cortisol concentrations, which contribute to the reliability of self‐reported scores by young adolescents. The findings are discussed in light of the effects of exposure to violence on brain function and on social‐cognitive development in the adolescent brain. A video abstract of this article can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHcXq7Y9PBk

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Violence and Latin‐American preadolescents: A study of social brain function and cortisol levels

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Azeredo

Sanvicente‐Vieira

et al. 2019

Developmental Science

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“…As for cultural specifics, some studies that undertook the translation and adaptation process noted that the test photographs showing the eye region should be adapted to their culture (Sanvicente-Vieira et al, 2014). In fact, Adams et al (2010) showed evidence of better same-versus different-culture mental state decoding from the eyes).…”

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“…This is evident even in the case of translations and adaptations of the RMET to various languages (e.g. Sanvicente-Vieira et al, 2014). In their review of the psychometric properties of the RMET, Vellante et al (2013) also highlight that many of the studies do not report any information on the test reliability.…”

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Croatian Adaptation of the Revised Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET)

Topić¹,

Kovačević²

2019

Psihol. teme (Online)

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The aim of this research was to translate and adapt the revised version of the "Reading the mind in the eyes test" (Baron-Cohen et al., 2001) to the Croatian language, and to provide preliminary data on its reliability, factor structure and convergent validity in a healthy population of Croatian students. After translation and adaptation, the Croatian version of the RMET was administered to 146 undergraduate and graduate students (84 female and 62 male participants). Together with the RMET, we administered the Emotional Empathy Scale (Raboteg-Šarić, 1993). Results show low internal consistency reliability of the Croatian adaptation of the RMET and adequate reliability measured with maximal reliability H coefficient. Confirmatory factor analysis marginally supports the unidimensional model. Convergent validity was marginally confirmed by a significant positive correlation between REMT and empathy. Additionally, we created a short version of the RMET, showing adequate fit indices, but containing only seven items. Internal consistency reliability and composite reliability for this scale were satisfactory. We propose further investigation of psychometric properties of the Croatian adaptation of the RMET with research in general, more representative population. We also propose investigating test-retest reliability, as well as discriminant validity of the test.

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“…For convergent validation, the Brazilian version of Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) was applied and the correlation between it and the ToM TB was calculated. The RMET consists of 36 figures of eyes and the participant must choose the word that best describes the feeling shown in the figure among four options 5 .…”

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Convergent validity of the Brazilian version of the Theory of Mind Task Battery for the assessment of social cognition in older adults

Rezende

Bomfim

Chagas

et al. 2018

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo)

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Social cognition is an individual's ability to differentiate his/her own mental state from the mental state of another person and recognize the desires, beliefs and feelings of this person 1 . The 5 th version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) recommends the use of facial emotion recognition tasks and theory of mind to evaluate social cognition 2 . The interest in appropriate Theory of Mind (ToM) tasks for use on older adults increased with the inclusion of social cognition among the criteria for the diagnosis of dementia in the DSM-5 2 .Our research group recently published the translation and crosscultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the Theory of Mind Task Battery (ToM TB) in this journal 3 . Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the convergent validation of the ToM TB in a sample of community-dwelling older adults in the community.The study was conducted in the city of São Carlos, which is located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Data collection was performed by a psychologist and gerontologist, who had undergone training exercises for the administration of the instruments. All participants signed a statement of informed consent. The ToM TB is composed of nine different situations arranged in order of increasing difficulty, with the total score ranging from 0 to 15 4 . For convergent validation, the Brazilian version of Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) was applied and the correlation between it and the ToM TB was calculated. The RMET consists of 36 figures of eyes and the participant must choose the word that best describes the feeling shown in the figure among four options 5 .The sample was composed of 20 participants (8 men and 12 women) selected randomly from the list of adults older than 60 years registered at a family health unit. The exclusion criteria were severe cognitive decline, and auditory or visual deficits that could interfere with performance tasks. Mean age was 68.6 years (SD: ±7.61), mean schooling was 3.55 years (SD: ±2.63) and the majority (55%) was married. The score on the Mini Mental State Examination 6 was 22.65 (SD: ±5.38).On the RMET, mean number of correct guesses was 14.95 (SD: ±4.62), with a minimum score of 6 and maximum of 22. For the ToM TB, the total score was 8.85 (SD: ±3.56), with a minimum score of 1 and maximum of 14. With regard to convergent validity, Pearson's correlation coefficient between the ToM TB and RMET was 0.715 (p < 0.001), indicating a strong correlation between the instruments. There was no significant correlation between schooling and the ToM TB (rho = 0.200; p = 0.399) as well as between schooling and RMET (rho = 0.337; p = 0.146) (Figure 1).The existence of an instrument for the assessment of theory of mind validated for older adults may contribute to future studies and assist in the clinical evaluation of older adults with neurocognitive disorders, as impaired social cognition is currently one of the criteria for the diagnosis of dementia.The small sample may be considered a limitation...

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Revised Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) - Brazilian version

Cited by 24 publications

References 38 publications

Violence and Latin‐American preadolescents: A study of social brain function and cortisol levels

Violence and Latin‐American preadolescents: A study of social brain function and cortisol levels

Croatian Adaptation of the Revised Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET)

Convergent validity of the Brazilian version of the Theory of Mind Task Battery for the assessment of social cognition in older adults

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