Factor Structure of Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: Is Empathy Preserved?

Table 5

Factor loadings of the social cognitive measures.

	Component
	Interpersonal Discomfort	Basic Social Cognition	Empathy
Emotion Recognition test (BLERT)	−0.073	0.773	0.083
Social Attribution (SAT-MC)	−0.281	0.81	−0.107
Theory of Mind (The Hinting Task)	−0.042	0.603	0.436
Empathy (IRI)
Perspective Taking	−0.491	−0.148	0.666
Empathic Concern (EC)	−0.096	0.03	0.822
Personal Distress	0.521	−0.309	−0.059
Fantasy	0.245	0.399	0.67
Self-Experience of Relatedness (BORRTI)
Alienation	0.859	−0.058	−0.026
Egocentricity	0.736	−0.086	−0.046

Note: BLERT: Bell-Lysaker Emotion Recognition Test; SAT-MC: Social Attribution Task-Multiple Choice, correct score; The Hinting Task; IRI: Interpersonal Reactivity Index; BORRTI: Bell Object Relations Reality Testing Inventory.
Factor loadings higher than 0.5 are in bold.