Mei San Ang1, Gurpreet Rekhi1, Jimmy Lee2. 1. Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore. 2. Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore; North Region & Department of Psychosis, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Electronic address: jimmy_lee@imh.com.sg.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The Brief Negative Symptom Scale (BNSS) includes five domains of negative symptoms suggested by the NIMH Consensus Development Conference (anhedonia, asociality, avolition, blunted affect, and alogia), which could be clustered into two factors - Motivation-Pleasure (MAP) and Emotional Expressivity (EE). Our study aims to examine the psychometric properties of BNSS, and its association with functioning. METHODS: 274 individuals with schizophrenia were assessed on the BNSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF), Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS), and Simpson-Angus Extrapyramidal Side Effects Scale (SAS). Internal consistency was examined using Cronbach's alpha. Concurrent, discriminant, and construct validity were examined. Factor structure of BNSS was explored using confirmatory factor analyses. Association between GAF and BNSS was examined with GAF as the dependent variable and BNSS Total, MAP and EE, and BNSS five domains as independent variables in three multiple regression models after controlling for covariates. RESULTS: BNSS showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.880) and validity. The five-factor model fit the data better than the two-factor model; a second-order model was superior to both models. More severe symptoms on BNSS Total (B = -0.438, p < .001), MAP (B = -0.876, p < .001), Avolition (B = -2.503, p < .001) and Asociality (B = -0.950, p = .001) were associated with lower GAF. CONCLUSION: Our results lend support to the use of BNSS in clinical practice and in future research into negative symptoms. Composite scores could be computed using either the five-factor or second-order models. Negative symptoms, particularly MAP, avolition and asociality, were associated with functioning.
INTRODUCTION: The Brief Negative Symptom Scale (BNSS) includes five domains of negative symptoms suggested by the NIMH Consensus Development Conference (anhedonia, asociality, avolition, blunted affect, and alogia), which could be clustered into two factors - Motivation-Pleasure (MAP) and Emotional Expressivity (EE). Our study aims to examine the psychometric properties of BNSS, and its association with functioning. METHODS: 274 individuals with schizophrenia were assessed on the BNSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF), Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS), and Simpson-Angus Extrapyramidal Side Effects Scale (SAS). Internal consistency was examined using Cronbach's alpha. Concurrent, discriminant, and construct validity were examined. Factor structure of BNSS was explored using confirmatory factor analyses. Association between GAF and BNSS was examined with GAF as the dependent variable and BNSS Total, MAP and EE, and BNSS five domains as independent variables in three multiple regression models after controlling for covariates. RESULTS: BNSS showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.880) and validity. The five-factor model fit the data better than the two-factor model; a second-order model was superior to both models. More severe symptoms on BNSS Total (B = -0.438, p < .001), MAP (B = -0.876, p < .001), Avolition (B = -2.503, p < .001) and Asociality (B = -0.950, p = .001) were associated with lower GAF. CONCLUSION: Our results lend support to the use of BNSS in clinical practice and in future research into negative symptoms. Composite scores could be computed using either the five-factor or second-order models. Negative symptoms, particularly MAP, avolition and asociality, were associated with functioning.
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