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Age- and Sex-Specific Standard Scores for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test
The reliable, valid and economic assessment of social cognition is more relevant than ever in the field of clinical psychology. Theory of Mind is one of the most important socio-cognitive abilities but standardized assessment instruments for adults are rare. The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RM...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7902000/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33633559 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.607107 |
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author | Kynast, Jana Polyakova, Maryna Quinque, Eva Maria Hinz, Andreas Villringer, Arno Schroeter, Matthias L. |
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description | The reliable, valid and economic assessment of social cognition is more relevant than ever in the field of clinical psychology. Theory of Mind is one of the most important socio-cognitive abilities but standardized assessment instruments for adults are rare. The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is well-established and captures the ability to identify mental states from gaze. Here, we computed standard scores for the German version of the RMET derived from a large, community-dwelling sample of healthy adults (20–79 years). The standardization sample contains 966 healthy adult individuals of the population-based Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE) study. Before standardization, weighting factors were applied to match the current sample with distribution characteristics of the German population regarding age, sex, and education. RMET scores were translated into percentage ranks for men and women of five age groups (20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60+ years). Age-specific percentage ranks are provided for men and women. Independent of age, men present a larger variance in test scores compared to women. Within the specific age groups, women score higher and their scoring range is less variable. With increasing age, the scoring variance increases in both men and women. This is the first study providing age- and sex-specific RMET standard scores. Data was weighted to match German population characteristics, enabling the application of standard scores across German-speaking areas. Our results contribute to the standardized assessment of socio-cognitive abilities in clinical diagnostics. |
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spelling | pubmed-79020002021-02-24 Age- and Sex-Specific Standard Scores for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Kynast, Jana Polyakova, Maryna Quinque, Eva Maria Hinz, Andreas Villringer, Arno Schroeter, Matthias L. Front Aging Neurosci Neuroscience The reliable, valid and economic assessment of social cognition is more relevant than ever in the field of clinical psychology. Theory of Mind is one of the most important socio-cognitive abilities but standardized assessment instruments for adults are rare. The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is well-established and captures the ability to identify mental states from gaze. Here, we computed standard scores for the German version of the RMET derived from a large, community-dwelling sample of healthy adults (20–79 years). The standardization sample contains 966 healthy adult individuals of the population-based Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE) study. Before standardization, weighting factors were applied to match the current sample with distribution characteristics of the German population regarding age, sex, and education. RMET scores were translated into percentage ranks for men and women of five age groups (20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60+ years). Age-specific percentage ranks are provided for men and women. Independent of age, men present a larger variance in test scores compared to women. Within the specific age groups, women score higher and their scoring range is less variable. With increasing age, the scoring variance increases in both men and women. This is the first study providing age- and sex-specific RMET standard scores. Data was weighted to match German population characteristics, enabling the application of standard scores across German-speaking areas. Our results contribute to the standardized assessment of socio-cognitive abilities in clinical diagnostics. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7902000/ /pubmed/33633559 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.607107 Text en Copyright © 2021 Kynast, Polyakova, Quinque, Hinz, Villringer and Schroeter. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Kynast, Jana Polyakova, Maryna Quinque, Eva Maria Hinz, Andreas Villringer, Arno Schroeter, Matthias L. Age- and Sex-Specific Standard Scores for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test |
title | Age- and Sex-Specific Standard Scores for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test |
title_full | Age- and Sex-Specific Standard Scores for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test |
title_fullStr | Age- and Sex-Specific Standard Scores for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test |
title_full_unstemmed | Age- and Sex-Specific Standard Scores for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test |
title_short | Age- and Sex-Specific Standard Scores for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test |
title_sort | age- and sex-specific standard scores for the reading the mind in the eyes test |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7902000/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33633559 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.607107 |
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