Predicting Attention Shaping Response in People with Schizophrenia
dc.contributor.author | Beaudette, Danielle M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gold, James M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Waltz, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Judy L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cherneski, Lindsay | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, Victoria | |
dc.contributor.author | Monteiro, Brian | |
dc.contributor.author | Cruz, Lisa N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Silverstein, Steven M. | |
dc.contributor.department | Psychology, School of Science | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-23T13:58:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-05-23T13:58:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.description.abstract | People with schizophrenia often experience attentional impairments that hinder learning during psychological interventions. Attention shaping is a behavioral technique that improves attentiveness in this population. Because reinforcement learning (RL) is thought to be the mechanism by which attention shaping operates, we investigated if preshaping RL performance predicted level of response to attention shaping in people with schizophrenia. Contrary to hypotheses, a steeper attentiveness growth curve was predicted by less intact pretreatment RL ability and lower baseline attentiveness, accounting for 59% of the variance. Moreover, baseline attentiveness accounted for over 13 times more variance in response to attention shaping than did RL ability. Results suggest attention shaping is most effective for lower-functioning patients, and those high in RL ability may already be close to ceiling in terms of their response to reinforcers. Attention shaping may not be a primarily RL-driven intervention, and other mechanisms of its effects should be considered. | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Author's manuscript | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Beaudette DM, Gold JM, Waltz J, et al. Predicting Attention-Shaping Response in People With Schizophrenia. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2021;209(3):203-207. doi:10.1097/NMD.0000000000001286 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/33179 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wolters Kluwer | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001286 | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | en_US |
dc.rights | Publisher Policy | en_US |
dc.source | PMC | en_US |
dc.subject | Schizophrenia | en_US |
dc.subject | Reinforcement learning | en_US |
dc.subject | Attention shaping | en_US |
dc.subject | Behavioral intervention | en_US |
dc.title | Predicting Attention Shaping Response in People with Schizophrenia | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |