Assessing learning potential in people with schizophrenia using the Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test英文文献资料.docVIP

Open Journal of Psychiatry, 2012, 2, 407-413 OJPsych /10.4236/ojpsych.2012.224057 Published Online November 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojpsych/) Assessing learning potential in people with schizophrenia using the Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test Melisa V. Rempfer , Joan M. McDowd , Catana E. Brown 1* 1 2 1 2 Department of Psychology, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA College of Health Sciences, Midwestern University, Glendale, USA Email: rempferm@ * Received 30 September 2012; revised 29 October 2012; accepted 8 November 2012 ABSTRACT has been proposed as an important variable in models predicting functional outcomes [4,8]. A growing literature indicates that learning potential (LP) measures, which examine performance changes following training on a task, may be important for understanding the role of cognition in functional out- come among people with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses. Because much of what is known about LP in this population has been demon- strated using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the present study sought to extend this work by adminis- tering the Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT) in an LP format. 81 adults with schizo- phrenia or schizoaffective disorder were tested on the ROCFT using a test-train-test LP protocol. Results indicated significant performance improvements fol- lowing training on the ROCFT. Further, the LP pro- tocol differentiated subgroups of learners, non-learn- ers, and high scorers, consistent with other LP work. These findings support the feasibility of adapting ex- isting neurocognitive measures to examine learning potential. Further development of the LP literature is needed in order to examine the extent to which LP is test-dependent or is a more generalized construct. Learning potential