Publication Date
1-2018
Publication Details
Nagendra, A., Twery, B. L, Neblett, E. W, Mustafic, H., Jones, T. S, Gatewood, D. & Penn, DL. (2018). Social cognition and African American men: The roles of perceived discrimination and experimenter race on task performance [accepted manuscript]. Psychiatry Research,259(January 2018), 21-26. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.074
Abstract
The Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation (SCOPE) study consists of a battery of eight tasks selected to measure social-cognitive deficits in individuals with schizophrenia. The battery is currently in a multisite validation process. While the SCOPE study collects basic demographic data, more nuanced race-related factors might artificially inflate cross-cultural differences in social cognition. As an initial step, we investigated whether race, independent of mental illness status, affects performance on the SCOPE battery. Thus, we examined the effects of perceived discrimination and experimenter race on the performance of 51 non-clinical African American men on the SCOPE battery. Results revealed that these factors impacted social cognitive task performance. Specifically, participants performed better on a skills-based task factor in the presence of Black experimenters, and frequency of perceived racism predicted increased perception of hostility in negative interpersonal situations with accidental causes. Thus, race-related factors are important to identify and explore in the measurement of social cognition in African Americans.
School/Institute
School of Psychology
Document Type
Open Access Journal Article
Access Rights
Open Access