Publications by authors named "G SAUVE"

Background: Metacognitive training for psychosis (MCT) offers benefits for addressing hallmark deficits/symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders including reductions in cognitive biases and positive/negative symptoms as well as improvements in social cognition and functioning. However, differing results exist regarding the relationship between MCT and neurocognition. A comprehensive understanding of the nature of this relationship would significantly contribute to the existing literature and our understanding of the potential added value of MCT as a cognitive intervention for psychosis.

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  • High rates of NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) are found in individuals experiencing their first episode of psychosis (FEP), which can be influenced by both sociodemographic and clinical factors.
  • The study used statistical analyses on 440 FEP patients to explore how sociodemographic variables (like socioeconomic status) and clinical variables (like negative symptom severity) interactively affect NEET status.
  • Results showed that both negative symptom severity and socioeconomic status independently contribute to NEET status, and their intersection highlights the complexity of these patients' functional outcomes, underscoring the need for tailored support that addresses both mental health and vocational resources.
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The differentiation of personality by the cognitive ability hypothesis proposes that individuals with higher cognitive ability have more variability in their personality structure than those with lower cognitive ability. A large sample of actual job candidates ( = 14,462) who participated in an online proctored test session, providing socio-demographic information and completing cognitive ability, personality, and language proficiency assessments, was used to test this hypothesis. The total sample was divided into three equal groups (low, average, high) using percentiles as the cutoff point to investigate the effects of cognitive ability.

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Psychiatric disorders are characterized by cognitive deficits, which have been proposed as a transdiagnostic feature of psychopathology ("C" factor). Similarly, cognitive biases (e.g.

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Background: Individuals with schizophrenia spectrum and related psychotic disorders (SSD) experience significant impairments in social cognition that impede functioning. Social cognition is a multidimensional construct consisting of four domains: 1. theory of mind, 2.

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