Kenneth A Kobak, James C Mundt, Betsy Kennard
Integrating technology into cognitive behavior therapy for adolescent depression: a pilot study
Annals of general psychiatry
recent research data suggest theory mind tom skills may improve reading literary fiction however beside short term favorable effect regular longterm reading literary fiction may also support tom development may improve tom performance presence impaired tom abilities welldocumented schizophrenia however role reading deficits unknown present study aim assess effect prior reading experiences theory mind performance patients schizophrenia healthy controls tom assessment done short story task based interpretation hemingway short story reading short story questions asked interview format regarding comprehension explicit implicit tom skills comparative analysis schizophrenia patients performed n 47 matched normal control n 48 group concerning deficits tom abilities participants also stratified according prior reading experiences previous reading experience associated better comprehension explicit tom performance patients schizophrenia healthy controls however explicit tom performance patients prior reading still weaker compared healthy controls reading experiences path model analysis revealed reading direct positive effect tom indirect effect improving comprehension prior reading experience associated better tom performance healthy controls also patients living schizophrenia previous reading experience also improves comprehension turn favorable impact tom results support idea literary fiction reading may therapeutic potential rehabilitation schizophrenia