Impaired Knowledge of Social Norms in Dementia and Psychiatric Disorders: Validation of the Social Norms Questionnaire–Dutch Version (SNQ-NL)

E. van den Berg; J. M. Poos; L. C. Jiskoot; B. Montagne; R. P.C. Kessels; S. Franzen; J. van Hemmen; W. S. Eikelboom; E. G.C. Heijboer; J. de Kriek; A. van der Vlist; F. J. de Jong; J. C. van Swieten; H. Seelaar; J. M. Papma

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Impaired Knowledge of Social Norms in Dementia and Psychiatric Disorders: Validation of the Social Norms Questionnaire–Dutch Version (SNQ-NL)

E. van den Berg^*, J. M. Poos, L. C. Jiskoot, B. Montagne, R. P.C. Kessels, S. Franzen, J. van Hemmen, W. S. Eikelboom, E. G.C. Heijboer, J. de Kriek, A. van der Vlist, F. J. de Jong, J. C. van Swieten, H. Seelaar, J. M. Papma

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The Social Norms Questionnaire–Dutch version (SNQ-NL) measures the ability to understand and identify social boundaries. We examined the psychometric characteristics of the SNQ-NL and its ability to differentiate between patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD; n = 23), Alzheimer’s dementia (AD; n = 26), chronic psychiatric disorders (n = 27), and control participants (n = 92). Between-group differences in the Total score, Break errors, and Overadhere errors were examined and associations with demographic variables and other cognitive functions were explored. Results showed that the SNQ-NL Total Score and Break errors differed between patients with AD and bvFTD, but not between patients with bvFTD and psychiatric disorders. Modest correlations with age, sex, and education were observed. The SNQ-NL Total score and Break errors correlated significantly with emotion recognition and verbal fluency but not with processing speed or mental flexibility. In conclusion, the SNQ-NL has sufficient construct validity and can be used to investigate knowledge of social norms in clinical populations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1236-1247
Number of pages	12
Journal	Assessment
Volume	29
Issue number	6
Early online date	15 Apr 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211008234
Publication status	Published - Sept 2022

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by ZonMw Memorabel (Deltaplan Dementie, [project numbers 733 051 042 and 733050103]; JPND PreFrontAls consortium project number 733051042; and Alzheimer Nederland and the Bluefield project. Several authors of this publication are members of the European Reference Network for Rare Neurological Diseases—Project ID No 739510.

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van den Berg, E., Poos, J. M., Jiskoot, L. C., Montagne, B., Kessels, R. P. C., Franzen, S., van Hemmen, J., Eikelboom, W. S., Heijboer, E. G. C., de Kriek, J., van der Vlist, A., de Jong, F. J., van Swieten, J. C., Seelaar, H., & Papma, J. M. (2022). Impaired Knowledge of Social Norms in Dementia and Psychiatric Disorders: Validation of the Social Norms Questionnaire–Dutch Version (SNQ-NL). Assessment, 29(6), 1236-1247. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211008234

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