Cognitive self-regulation as a predictor of social functioning in schizophrenia

Objectives: To explore the relation between cognitive self-regulation (CSR), social functioning, and psychopathology in schizophrenia. Participants and Methods: About 100 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia according to ICD-10 were taken from the Department of Psychiatry of two Post-Graduate hospitals in Kolkata, India. Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (PANSS), Schizophrenia Research Foundation India-Social Functioning Index (SCARF-SFI), and a specially designed questionnaire on CSR were administered. Results: Results revealed that all the four subtests namely self-concern, occupational role, social role, and family role of the social functioning and symptoms scale of PANSS were significantly correlated with CSR. Conclusion: CSR was found to be a highly reliable and valid tool and was able to predict social functioning along with positive and negative symptoms.