Now seeking participants for my dissertation study
Looking for individuals who have been given a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis to participate in a study on everyday social situations.
The study will involve a 90-minute virtual interview via Zoom.
We will ask you about your Latina/o/e/x culture and have you perform various tasks (for example, answering questions about pictures of people).
You will be paid $50 for your time and participation.
This study was approved by the University of Pittsburgh’s research ethics review board (IRB STUDY22100113), is being funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (F31MH131334), and is being conducted in partnership with the University of Texas at Dallas
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Are impairments linked to the disorder or to being socially isolated?
Green, M. F., Wynn, J. K., Eisenberger, N. I., Horan, W. P., Lee, J., McCleery, A., Miklowitz, D. J., Reavis, E. A., & Reddy, L. F. (2024). Social cognition and social motivation in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Are impairments linked to the disorder or to being socially isolated? Psychological Medicine, 1–9.
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Social cognition or social class and culture?
Dodell-Feder, D., Ressler, K. J., & Germine, L. T. (2020). Social cognition or social class and culture? On the interpretation of differences in social cognitive performance. Psychological Medicine, 50(1), 133–145.
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Taking an international perspective
Hajdúk, M., Achim, A. M., Brunet – Gouet, E., Mehta, U. M., & Pinkham, A. E. (2020). How to move forward in social cognition research? Put it into an international perspective. Schizophrenia Research, 215, 463–464.
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The effect of age, race, and sex on social cognitive performance
Pinkham, A. E., Kelsven, S., Kouros, C., Harvey, P. D., & Penn, D. L. (2017). The effect of age, race, and sex on social cognitive performance in individuals with schizophrenia. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205(5), 346–352.
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The Other-Race Effect in Face Processing
Pinkham, A. E., Sasson, N. J., Calkins, M. E., Richard, J., Hughett, P., Gur, R. E., & Gur, R. C. (2008). The Other-Race Effect in Face Processing Among African American and Caucasian Individuals With Schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165(5), 639–645.
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How culture shapes social cognition deficits
Koelkebeck, K., Uwatoko, T., Tanaka, J., & Kret, M. E. (2017). How culture shapes social cognition deficits in mental disorders: A review. Social Neuroscience, 12(2), 102–112.
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Social cognitive deficits: Does world region matter?
Weinreb, S., Li, F., & Kurtz, M. M. (2022). A meta-analysis of social cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: Does world region matter? Schizophrenia Research, 243, 206–213.
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Roles of discrimination and race on task performance
Nagendra, A., Twery, B. L., Neblett, E. W., Mustafic, H., Jones, T. S., Gatewood, D., & Penn, D. L. (2018). Social cognition and African American men: The roles of perceived discrimination and experimenter race on task performance. Psychiatry Research, 259, 21–26.
