Comparing accuracy of knowledge of functional effects of schizophrenia and brain injury

McKendry, Yvette; Ownsworth, Tamara; Bettens, Gemma F

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.05.019

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McKendry, Yvette

Ownsworth, Tamara

Bettens, Gemma F

Griffith University Author(s)

Ownsworth, Tamara

Year published

2014

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Abstract

This study developed and validated the Brain Injury and Schizophrenia Awareness Scale (BISAS) to compare accuracy of knowledge of functional effects of schizophrenia and TBI. The BISAS displayed good internal consistency and evidence of construct validity. Overall, general community participants (n=143) lacked understanding of the shared effects of these conditions, and attributed emotional and behavioural deficits to schizophrenia and cognitive deficits to TBI.This study developed and validated the Brain Injury and Schizophrenia Awareness Scale (BISAS) to compare accuracy of knowledge of functional effects of schizophrenia and TBI. The BISAS displayed good internal consistency and evidence of construct validity. Overall, general community participants (n=143) lacked understanding of the shared effects of these conditions, and attributed emotional and behavioural deficits to schizophrenia and cognitive deficits to TBI.
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Journal Title

Psychiatry Research

Volume

219

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.05.019

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© 2014 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.

Subject

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Psychology

Publication URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10072/66493

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