Empirical assessment of the factorial structure of clinical symptoms in schizophrenia: Negative symptoms

Richard S.E. Keefe; Philip D. Harvey; Mark F. Lenzenweger; Michael Davidson; Seth H. Apter; James Schmeidler; Richard C. Mohs; Kenneth L. Davis

doi:10.1016/0165-1781(92)90049-9

Empirical assessment of the factorial structure of clinical symptoms in schizophrenia: Negative symptoms

Richard S.E. Keefe
, Philip D. Harvey
, Mark F. Lenzenweger
, Michael Davidson
, Seth H. Apter
, James Schmeidler
, Richard C. Mohs
, Kenneth L. Davis

Medical School

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Abstract

The factor structure of the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) was examined in a confirmatory factor analysis that used the LISREL procedure. Four models of negative symptom factors were tested in 130 hospitalized schizophrenic patients. A three-factor model of diminished expression, social dysfunction, and disorganization generated by the authors yielded a superior fit to the data relative to the two-factor model of Liddle (1987b) and a unifactorial severity model. A four-factor model based on the original subscale formulation of the SANS failed to fit the data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	153-165
Number of pages	13
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1781(92)90049-9
Publication status	Published - Nov 1992

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Deficit syndrome
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Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms

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