Frontiers in Psychiatry (Oct 2019)
Confirmation of a Two-Factor Solution to the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy in a French Population of Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
- Eric Brunet-Gouet,
- Eric Brunet-Gouet,
- Eric Brunet-Gouet,
- Nils Myszkowski,
- Nils Myszkowski,
- Mickael Ehrminger,
- Mathieu Urbach,
- Mathieu Urbach,
- Mathieu Urbach,
- Bruno Aouizerate,
- Bruno Aouizerate,
- Lore Brunel,
- Lore Brunel,
- Delphine Capdevielle,
- Delphine Capdevielle,
- Isabelle Chereau,
- Isabelle Chereau,
- Caroline Dubertret,
- Caroline Dubertret,
- Julien Dubreucq,
- Julien Dubreucq,
- Guillaume Fond,
- Guillaume Fond,
- Christophe Lançon,
- Christophe Lançon,
- Sylvain Leignier,
- Sylvain Leignier,
- Jasmina Mallet,
- Jasmina Mallet,
- David Misdrahi,
- David Misdrahi,
- Sylvie Pires,
- Sylvie Pires,
- Priscille Schneider,
- Priscille Schneider,
- Franck Schurhoff,
- Franck Schurhoff,
- Hanan Yazbek,
- Hanan Yazbek,
- Anna Zinetti-Bertschy,
- Anna Zinetti-Bertschy,
- Nadine Bazin,
- Nadine Bazin,
- Nadine Bazin,
- Christine Passerieux,
- Christine Passerieux,
- Christine Passerieux,
- Franck Zenasni,
- Paul Roux,
- Paul Roux,
- Paul Roux
Affiliations
- Eric Brunet-Gouet
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Eric Brunet-Gouet
- Department of Adult Psychiatry, Versailles Hospital, Le Chesnay, France
- Eric Brunet-Gouet
- HandiRESP Laboratory, EA4047, Health Sciences Department Simone Veil, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
- Nils Myszkowski
- Department of Psychology, Pace University, New York, NY, United States
- Nils Myszkowski
- Laboratoire Adaptations Travail-Individu, Université Paris Descartes, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- Mickael Ehrminger
- HandiRESP Laboratory, EA4047, Health Sciences Department Simone Veil, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
- Mathieu Urbach
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Mathieu Urbach
- Department of Adult Psychiatry, Versailles Hospital, Le Chesnay, France
- Mathieu Urbach
- HandiRESP Laboratory, EA4047, Health Sciences Department Simone Veil, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
- Bruno Aouizerate
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Bruno Aouizerate
- Department of Adult Psychiatry, Charles Perrens Hospital, F-33076 Bordeaux, France; Laboratory of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology (UMR INRA 1286), University of Bordeaux, France
- Lore Brunel
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Lore Brunel
- INSERM U955, Translational Psychiatry Team; AP-HP Mondor University Hospital, DHU Pe-PSY, Schizophrenia Expert Center, Creteil, France
- Delphine Capdevielle
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Delphine Capdevielle
- University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Hospital La Colombière, CHU Montpellier, France; INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Neuropsychiatry: Epidemiological and Clinical Research, Montpellier, France; University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Isabelle Chereau
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Isabelle Chereau
- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service de Psychiatrie B, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Caroline Dubertret
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Caroline Dubertret
- 0AP-HP; Department of Psychiatry, Louis Mourier Hospital, Colombes, France; Inserm UMR1266, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, University Paris Descartes, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, France
- Julien Dubreucq
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Julien Dubreucq
- 1Psychosocial Rehabilitation Reference Centre, Alpes Isère Hospital, Grenoble, France
- Guillaume Fond
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Guillaume Fond
- 2La Conception Hospital, AP-HM, Aix-Marseille Univ, School of Medicine - La Timone Medical Campus, EA 3279: CEReSS - Health Service Research and Quality of Life Center, Marseille, France
- Christophe Lançon
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Christophe Lançon
- 3Ste Marguerite Hospital, AP-HM, Aix-Marseille Univ, School of Medicine - La Timone Medical Campus, EA 3279: CEReSS - Health Service Research and Quality of Life Center, Marseille, France
- Sylvain Leignier
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Sylvain Leignier
- 1Psychosocial Rehabilitation Reference Centre, Alpes Isère Hospital, Grenoble, France
- Jasmina Mallet
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Jasmina Mallet
- University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Hospital La Colombière, CHU Montpellier, France; INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Neuropsychiatry: Epidemiological and Clinical Research, Montpellier, France; University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- David Misdrahi
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- David Misdrahi
- 4Department of Adult Psychiatry, Charles Perrens Hospital, F-33076 Bordeaux; University of Bordeaux, CNRS UMR 5287-INCIA, Bordeaux, France
- Sylvie Pires
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Sylvie Pires
- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service de Psychiatrie B, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Priscille Schneider
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Priscille Schneider
- 5University Hospital of Strasbourg, Department of Psychiatry, Strasbourg, France; University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Inserm U1114, Strasbourg, France
- Franck Schurhoff
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Franck Schurhoff
- INSERM U955, Translational Psychiatry Team; AP-HP Mondor University Hospital, DHU Pe-PSY, Schizophrenia Expert Center, Creteil, France
- Hanan Yazbek
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Hanan Yazbek
- University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Hospital La Colombière, CHU Montpellier, France; INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Neuropsychiatry: Epidemiological and Clinical Research, Montpellier, France; University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Anna Zinetti-Bertschy
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Anna Zinetti-Bertschy
- 5University Hospital of Strasbourg, Department of Psychiatry, Strasbourg, France; University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Inserm U1114, Strasbourg, France
- Nadine Bazin
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Nadine Bazin
- Department of Adult Psychiatry, Versailles Hospital, Le Chesnay, France
- Nadine Bazin
- HandiRESP Laboratory, EA4047, Health Sciences Department Simone Veil, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
- Christine Passerieux
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- Christine Passerieux
- Department of Adult Psychiatry, Versailles Hospital, Le Chesnay, France
- Christine Passerieux
- HandiRESP Laboratory, EA4047, Health Sciences Department Simone Veil, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
- Franck Zenasni
- Laboratoire Adaptations Travail-Individu, Université Paris Descartes, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- Paul Roux
- HandiRESP Laboratory, EA4047, Health Sciences Department Simone Veil, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
- Paul Roux
- Department of Adult Psychiatry, Versailles Hospital, Le Chesnay, France
- Paul Roux
- FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00751
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10
Abstract
The Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCAE) is a tool for self-assessing the cognitive and emotional components of empathy. A study showed that a two-factor model fits the data of patients with schizophrenia, whereas other reports on healthy subjects have suggested a five-factor decomposition. We aimed to replicate the model of Horan et al. in a French population with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (i.e., schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders) participating in the EVACO Study (NCT02901015). In total, 133 patients were assessed with the QCAE, the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS), the Personal and Social Performance Scale (PSP), and the Self rating Quality of Life Scale (S-QoL). The two-factor model demonstrated an adequate fit with the data, comparable to that reported by Horan et al. Males scored higher on the Affective subscore than females. After correction for multiple tests, psychopathology (PANSS) and functioning (PSP) did not correlate significantly with the QCAE subscores. However, quality of life (S-QoL) correlated positively with the Emotional Contagion subscore. Thus, the variability of empathetic disposition in schizophrenia may be considered through the cognitive versus affective dichotomy and properly investigated with the QCAE. The results support further investigation of the relationship between QCAE scores and subjective outcome measurements, such as quality of life, and emphasize the importance of cross-cultural comparisons.
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