Poster Session 11 Program Schedule
02/17/2024
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60)
Poster Session 11: Cultural Neuropsychology | Education/Training | Professional Practice Issues
Final Abstract #32
An Evaluation of Cross-Cultural Adaptations of Social Cognition Testing
Renelle Bourdage, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Pauline Narme, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Janne Papma, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Raquel Neeskens, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sanne Franzen, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Category: Cross Cultural Neuropsychology/ Clinical Cultural Neuroscience
Keyword 1: social cognition
Keyword 2: theory of mind
Keyword 3: cross-cultural issues
Objective:
Social cognition remains one of the most difficult cognitive domains to assess in diverse populations due to a lack of culturally appropriate tools. This study systematically reviewed literature on neuropsychological tests for social cognition that have been translated, adapted, are cross-cultural or are assembled for diverse, specifically ‘Global South’, populations. The aim was to identify assessments appropriate for diverse populations, outline and evaluate their methodological approaches and provide procedural recommendations for future research.
Participants and Methods:
The PRISMA systematic review search strategy produced 10,957 articles, of which 287 were selected for full-text screening. The study had to include a neuropsychological assessment of social cognition. The full text of the resulting 287 articles was then screened; the study had to include a translated, adapted, cross-cultural test or an assembled test for Global South populations.
Results:
Eighty-four articles were included in this study: 24 for emotion recognition, 45 for theory of mind, 9 for moral reasoning, and six for social cognition in general. Overall, there were 31 translations, 27 adaptations, 14 cross-cultural tests and 12 assembled tests for Global South populations. Regarding quality, 35 were of low quality, 27 were of moderate quality and 22 were high quality.
Conclusions:
This study provides an overview of social cognition tests modified or assembled for diverse populations and gives examples of methodological procedures. It highlights the variability in procedure quality and provides possible reasons for this variability. Finally, it suggests a need to report rigorous modification and assembly procedure in order to have modified and assembled social cognition tests appropriate for diverse populations.
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