ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL COGNITION IN OLDER ADULTS PRESENTATION OF THE BATTERY COGSOC-AM / EVALUACIÓN DE LA COGNICIÓN SOCIAL EN ADULTOS MAYORES: PRESENTACIÓN DE LA BATERÍA COGSOC-AM

Social cognition (CS) is a multi-dimensional construct that includes emotional and reasoning processes to respond to complex everyday social situations, which usually is evaluated subjectively or indirectly. Older adults have difficulty when faced with this kind of task. The purpose of this work is...

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Published in:Revista argentina de clínica psicológica 2013-11, Vol.XXII (III), p.269
Main Authors: Adela Hernández Galván, María Guillermina Yáñez Téllez
Format: Article
Language:eng ; spa
Subjects:
Cognition & reasoning
Decision making
Emotion recognition
Facial expressions
Gambling
Older people
Social cognition
Social reasoning
Social situations
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Summary:Social cognition (CS) is a multi-dimensional construct that includes emotional and reasoning processes to respond to complex everyday social situations, which usually is evaluated subjectively or indirectly. Older adults have difficulty when faced with this kind of task. The purpose of this work is to design a battery for the evaluation of the CS in older adults (COGSOC-AM). Here we present the preliminary version of the COGSOC-AM, which assesses three dimensions of the CS, social reasoning, emotional processing and decision making through six subtests: Identification of Absurdities, Understanding of Causal Relationships, Judgment, Recognition of Emotional Expressions on Faces, Scale of Decision-Making, and the Iowa Gambling Task. La cognición social (CS) es un constructo multidimensional que incluye procesos emocionales y de razonamiento para responder a las complejas situaciones sociales cotidianas, el cual suele evaluarse indirecta o subjetivamente. Los adultos mayores tienen dificultades al enfrentarse con este tipo de tareas. El propósito de este trabajo es diseñar una batería para la evaluación de la CS en adultos mayores (COGSOC-AM). Se presenta la versión preliminar de la COGSOC-AM, que evalúa tres dimensiones de la CS, el razonamiento social, el procesamiento emocional y la toma de decisiones a través de seis subpruebas: Identificación de Absurdos, Comprensión de Relaciones Causales, Capacidad de Juicio, Reconocimiento de Expresiones Emocionales en Rostros, Escala de Toma de Decisiones y el Iowa Gambling Task.
ISSN:0327-6716
1851-7951